CBS News Philadelphia has been trying to speak with Crozer about what would happen to patient care and safety if these hospitals close, but they haven't responded. Three thousand workers are also in limbo. They're caught in an ugly back-and-forth fight to save a financially doomed health system.
President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging executive order on Tuesday that aims to lower drug prices, boost transparency into fees charged by middlemen, and limit Medicare payments for outpatient services provided by hospitals. Much of the order would require further rulemaking or other actions to have any effect.
A bill that would require electronic health records to include space for information about “any sexual development disorder” faced intense scrutiny from opponents during a committee hearing Monday.
Clearwater-based BayCare Health System, with some 33,000 employees, posted $6.27 billion in 2024 operating revenue. That’s up 13.99% from $5.5 billion the previous year. The growth stat was part of the 2024 Report to the Community released by the organization, which has 16 hospitals and hundreds of other locations throughout Tampa Bay and Central Florida regions.
Using electronic health record data to measure how frequently someone changes their residential address may be an effective tool to screen for patients who may be experiencing homelessness, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.