April 2024

Best and worst states for nurses 2024
Hologic purchases competitor for $310M
Walmart Health closing all locations, ending telehealth services
FDA announces recall of SonarMed airway monitors after injury
Philips settles cases over faulty sleep apnea machines for $1.1B
Worries rise over bird flu in cows
AMGA condemns FTC ban on noncompetes in healthcare
Kaiser Permanente exposed data on 13.4 million members to tech companies
What do patients want from primary care providers?
FDA announces recall of infusion pumps after thousands of complaints, 1 death
FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks
Which healthcare entities will be affected by ban on noncompetes? Look to business practices, not tax status
Hackers were inside Change Healthcare’s systems 9 days before attack
Joint replacements recalled after FDA safety warning
Mental health platform fined $7M by FTC for sharing data with advertisers
Healthcare worker sentenced to 10 years for abusing disabled patients
Health system employees win $200M lawsuit over unpaid wages
Nurses gather at Kaiser hospital to protest rapid adoption of AI
House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation
Doctors sue over negative Google reviews
Mobile medical units bring healthcare to homeless veterans, ‘meeting them where they are’
Major insurer partners with private equity firm for care coordination
Hospital pays $32.5M to family of baby who suffered brain damage during birth
Private equity bankruptcies in healthcare explode 112% in 5 years
Bird flu in cows: Interesting anomaly or troubling harbinger of things to come?
Atrium Health sued for violating patient privacy, sharing data with Facebook and Google
Massive data trove from Change Healthcare hack now for sale on dark web
Change Healthcare faces second ransom as cybercriminals leak stolen data
Telehealth remains underused, patients rarely billed for messages
Measles is on the march from airports to places near us
Recent Rite Aid store closings exceed 200
CMS proposed rule would boost Medicare inpatient rates by 2.6%
MPT completes 5-hospital sale to Prime Healthcare
Payments to FDA advisory panel questioned
Drug price dialogues represent ‘an opportunity for CMS to clarify negotiation policies and their potential impact for the future’
How teaching hospitals can recover fiscal fitness
CVS expanding tuition, scholarship programs for pharmacists
Active surveillance of cancer won’t expose docs to malpractice
The 10 most and least expensive states for healthcare consumers
Tenet completes sales spree, deals six Calif. hospitals
Kaiser’s Risant completes first acquisition