Another major roadblock—a lawsuit filed Thursday by the city of Asheville and Buncombe County—has been placed in front of Mission Hospital’s attempt to open a 67-bed community hospital in western North Carolina. The lawsuit could improve the odds for the bids of Novant Health and AdventHealth opening a similar community hospital in the market.
Hospitals in Mississippi face unprecedented financial pressures. Now two more have been forced to seek out new owners. The City of Greenwood and Leflore County have put jointly owned Greenwood Leflore Hospital up for bid. Jackson County supervisors will hold a public hearing on August 17 after voting to consider putting county-owned Singing River Health Systems up for bid.
Regional anesthesia is becoming more used in total joint arthroplasty. It has demonstrated efficiency improvements by allowing patients to be processed in tandem in a dedicated block room (BR). However, there is no detailed measurement of these advantages to hospital operations. For a study, researchers sought to use detailed operational modeling to estimate the financial impact of creating a BR.
Hundreds of thousands of public workers, early retireesm and school employees in New Jersey are facing potential rate increases of as much as 24% for health benefits under proposals being considered by the State Health Benefits Commission.
The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government, and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware.
Starting this fall, residents across Cook County will receive a note in the mail bearing a simple message: Your medical debt is taken care of. Debtors will not need to apply to get the relief, nor will that debt forgiveness count against them when they file their taxes.
