The federal government will not modify regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices for consumers, ignoring pleas from patient advocates who have said hospitals still are not fully complying with the 3-year-old law.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel will not shut its doors Friday as expected. However, the hospital system said it still expects to close the Gramercy hospital in the near future.
If private equity firms fail to improve their targets, they will lose both money due to the low proceeds from selling them and reputation capital, critical for future deals.
Workers at Palmetto General Hospital — which is managed by bankrupt Steward Health Care — are struggling with broken elevators, late overtime checks, and staffing shortages.
The sales process is off to a rocky start, and public officials and health careleaders are growing concerned that not all of Steward's hospitals will attract buyers.