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% ()
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Good AI governance can spell the difference between smashing success and mere learning experience ()
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 ()
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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 ()
Industry Watcher’s Digest ()
Microsoft: Ransomware hit nearly 400 healthcare entities this year—a 300% rise since 2015 ()
10 ways AI, robotics are improving pediatric care in real-world settings ()
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’ ()
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Partnership on AI valiantly trying to wrap arms around the world ()
HLTH24 in Las Vegas: Highlighted news and announcements ()
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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 ()
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Bipartisan group of 233 House members call for Medicare reform ()
Wartime powers enacted to address nationwide IV fluid shortage ()
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Boston Children's physician group suffers data breach ()
How the FDA sees its role vis-à-vis AI in healthcare ()
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 ()
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Healthcare hirers, jobseekers: Know your healthcare AI ()
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 ()
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Survey turns up a ‘troubling disconnect’ between clinicians and IT pros, finds operations leaders ‘caught in the middle’ ()
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 ()
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3 things AI startups, investors must know to clear hurdles in healthcare technology markets ()
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 ()
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4 ways to help nurses make friends with algorithms ()
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 ()
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In pharma, AI will probably make the big even bigger ()
UPMC expensed $50M private jet, despite laying off 1,000 workers ()
Ransomware hit 67% of healthcare organizations this year—more than half paid up ()