A bill signed into law last month may provide a much-needed reprieve for Illinois' rural counties. The law, spearheaded by Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, will provide financial relief to physician's assistants and advance practice nurses who work in rural areas around the state.
Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System are deep into discussions about a planned merger that’s expected to strengthen the health care experience for which they’re known in their respective communities.
A hospital in Coos Bay has fired their COO after less than two weeks on the job. Larry Butler Jr. was convicted in 2015 for defrauding two of his previous employers between 2013 and 2014.
On the heels of two successful hospital merger challenges in the last year, the FTC says it is bringing two new cases seeking to block proposed hospital transactions: RWJBarnabas Health's acquisition of Saint Peter's Healthcare System in New Jersey and HCA Healthcare's acquisition of Steward Health Care's assets and facilities in Utah.
HHS has asked hospitals, health suppliers, drug companies, and others in the industry to pledge to reduce their GHG emissions to net-zero by 2050, inventory their supply chain emissions and develop a climate resilience plan for their facilities.
As Singing River Health System prepares for a possible sale or merger, the Sun Herald took a look at its finances. Singing River’s Board of Trustees announced Wednesday its decision to put the hospitals up for sale. A press release accompanying the announcement said "community hospitals" such as Singing River currently face "the strongest headwinds" in the healthcare industry, suggesting financial difficulties may have helped motivate the proposed sale.