October 2024

Stewardship Health sale to private equity finalized for $245M
Baxter producing IV solutions ahead of schedule at Asheville-area site
Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks
Bill introduced in Congress would raise physician reimbursement by 1.9%
Private equity owns 900 patient care centers in Philadelphia, report finds
Pharmacy fined $39M for fraud after 7-day trial
Q&A: Medicaid evolving to meet the mental health and material needs of patients
FDA issues Class I update on robotic arms due to risk of fire
FDA issues Class I recall on tracheostomy tubes after 12 injuries
MGMA concerned by 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Microsoft: Ransomware hit nearly 400 healthcare entities this year—a 300% rise since 2015
Feds make it official: Change data breach was the largest in healthcare history, impacting 100M
FDA approves first RSV vaccine for adults
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York sued over ‘ghost networks’
HLTH24 in Las Vegas: Highlighted news and announcements
Surprise active shooter drill at children’s psychiatric hospital results in $13M for victims
CMS contractor takes $1.2M loss after data breach, DOJ lawsuit
Bipartisan group of 233 House members call for Medicare reform
Wartime powers enacted to address nationwide IV fluid shortage
Boston Children's physician group suffers data breach
Texas hospitals to begin asking patients about citizen status
Homeland Security warns healthcare organizations of hackers using 'password spraying' tactic
Blue Cross settles largest healthcare antitrust case in history for $2.8B
Endoscopies at Vanderbilt exposed patients to HIV, hepatitis C
Baxter begins importing IV supplies as 86% of providers report shortages
Conspiracy at Chicago safety net hospital leads to fourth indictment
Physician earns $2M judgment from Ascension in a wrongful termination lawsuit
Teva settles with DOJ for $450M to resolve latest price fixing allegations
Annual ‘Honor Roll’ released, recognizing best children’s hospitals in the US
GSK settles 80,000 lawsuits over Zantac-cancer link for $2.2B
Asheville's Mission Hospital is in the center of Hurricane Helene disaster recovery
Baxter works to get North Carolina IV plants back online as national shortages loom
AMA, physician groups file amicus brief with Supreme Court in ‘ghost gun’ case
CMS proposes rule to combat gray market health insurance scams
Private equity firm buys controlling stake in Surescripts
Texas sues PBMs and drug manufacturers for insulin price collusion
Home health president convicted in $1.6M Medicare and bank fraud scheme
Orlando Health buys 5 Alabama hospitals for $910M
BD settles majority of 38,000 lawsuits over dangerous surgical mesh
Baxter closes largest IV solution factory, sparking fears of a shortage
Water fence erected to protect Tampa General Hospital during Hurricane Helene
92% of rural Nebraska hospitals report financial hardship caused by Medicare Advantage plans
Ballard Health hospital knocked out by flooding, patients evacuated via helicopter from Hurricane Helene
Federal government moves in to support Asheville, other Helene disaster areas
UPMC expensed $50M private jet, despite laying off 1,000 workers
Ransomware hit 67% of healthcare organizations this year—more than half paid up