Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 16

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 16, 2019
A nurse lay unconscious on a Jackson Memorial restroom floor. Her license was restricted
Miami Herald
Opinion: Joe Biden is wrong. Businesses will—and want to—pay for Medicare for All
Fortune
Telehealth is improving healthcare in rural areas
Harvard Business Review
Drexel University and Tower Health explore combining physician groups
Philly.com
Will including prescription drug prices in ads drive down prices?
Pacific Standard
White House pushes for more transparency on healthcare prices
Wall Street Journal
California Nurses Association tells Barton Health they plan to strike
Tahoe Daily Tribune
With a second successful payroll, Ellwood City hospital looks to move past recent troubles
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Suit: Practice, hospital covered for pedophile pediatrician
Associated Press
Twin Cities nurses stress workplace safety in contract talks with hospitals
The Star Tribune
Editorial: A push to salvage health insurance expansion in New Jersey
NorthJersey.com
Disney tour guide will be back in the park soon, after UC Irvine surgeon uses new technique to prevent brain aneurysm
Orange County Register

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 15

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 15, 2019
Low-rated US hospitals are deadlier due to mistakes, botched surgery, infections
USA Today
Opinion: Don't visit your doctor in the afternoon
The New York Times
Merger cops must 'push envelope' in health, FTC official says
Bloomberg
Mission Hospital president, former COO to join Honolulu-based health system
Asheville Citizen-Times
Here's which Philadelphia hospitals made, and lost, the most money in fiscal 2018
Philadelphia Business Journal
Digital health startups worth $7.6 billion are set to IPO, breaking a 3-year drought. Here's what 5 top VCs are keeping an eye on.
Business Insider
Alabama abortion ban passes overwhelmingly with no changes
AL.com
DC Council gives preliminary approval for budget cuts at United Medical Center
NBC Washington
Hope remains for fixes to Texas' broken Medicaid system, but biggest tweaks are likely dead
The Dallas Morning News
After Trump's blessing, House rolls out plan to end surprise medical bills
The Washington Examiner
Gov. Newsom's tough sell on healthcare: persuading public on fines for those without coverage
Los Angeles Times

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 14

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 14, 2019
Most of the profit in the healthcare industry is going to drug companies
MarketWatch
The House's big bill to lower drug prices and shore up the ACA, explained
Vox
Some hospitals turn away ambulances when the patients are more likely to be poor, California study finds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Editorial: Maryland makes more progress on ACA rates — but there's more to do
The Baltimore Sun
Alternative health act scaled back after Maine nurses sound alarm
Associated Press
Hospitals look to computers to predict patient emergencies before they happen
Stat News
Transplants a cheaper, better option for undocumented immigrants with kidney failure
NPR
Opioid maker Insys plunges on warning of possible bankruptcy
Bloomberg
Measles cases continue to climb in the U.S., topping 800 so far
CBS DFW
Miss. hospitals retool Medicaid expansion, hope public outcry presses Gov. Bryant to action
Mississippi Today
Anne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Health System announce plans to combine
Capital Gazette

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 13

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 13, 2019
'Who's going to take care of these people?': As emergencies rise across rural America, a hospital fights for its life
The Washington Post
Opinion: This new Democratic plan would ban private medicine
Wall Street Journal
America's healthcare costs are scaring patients away from the ER
Vox
Editorial: WVU Medicine-Health Plan merger will make healthcare better in Mountain State
WVNews
Doctors quit EMMC as changes leave less time with patients, push morale to 'all-time low'
Bangor Daily News
Opinion: Grandstanding, not real change, why drug prices in TV ads will be confusing and irrelevant
Stat News
Washington state to offer public health insurance plans, regardless of income, by 2021
TIME / Associated Press
Opinion: Future of nursing depends on enhanced education
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
True cost of healthcare: New data shows routine blood tests in Texas can cost anywhere between $14 to $952
San Antonio Express-News
This doctor posted online in favor of immunization. Then vaccine opponents targeted her
The Boston Globe
Opinion: The $36 billion boondoggle of electronic medical records
Winona Daily News
California bill improving hospital patient safety passes Senate
Lake County News
Opinion: A doctor's take on why we need Medicare for All
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 10

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 10, 2019
Scrap 'Obamacare'? Maybe not all, says Trump administration
Associated Press
'We're on an unsustainable course': Never mind the Highmark/UPMC fight, physicians say U.S. healthcare system is broken
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In Atlanta, Seema Verma talks TV drug prices, rural health, Georgia waivers
WABE
Opinion: Why Biden's cold shoulder on 'Medicare for All' is a safe bet politically
Morning Consult
COPA annual report notes successes, challenges of Ballad Health merger
WCYB
Opinion: Cancer patients should be treated by their doctors, not pharmacy benefit managers
Stat News
HHS secretary Alex Azar on new regulation to require prescription drug prices in TV ads
CNBC
N.Y. legislation would block St. Clare's Corp. dissolution
The Daily Gazette
Genetically engineered viruses treat antibiotic-resistant infection
Wall Street Journal
Robotic healthcare is coming to a hospital near you
Philly Voice
Oklahoma lawmakers hang tough in dispute with governor and State Chamber over drug benefit managers
Tulsa World
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is the only top 2020 candidate not offering staffers health care yet
NBC News

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 9

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 9, 2019
When patient experience and employee engagement both improve, hospitals' ratings and profits climb
Harvard Business Review
Opinion: Obamacare insurers are profitable — and that's bad news for liberals
The Washington Examiner
Medicaid director meets with Iowans worried about UnitedHealthcare's exit. 'You can't calm our fears,' one Iowan says.
Des Moines Register
Registered nurses take message to Sacramento
Oakdale Leader
Why insurers are beginning to embrace billion-dollar healthcare startups like SmileDirectClub and Warby Parker
Business Insider
The death of CEO Michael Kasper, an 'unusually gifted and kind' leader, leaves DuPage Medical Group at a crossroads
Chicago Tribune
Work with Florida on its drug import program, Trump tells Azar
Endpoints News
Facing pressure across Washington, drug industry courts pro-business Democrats
Stat News
Why so many primary-care doctors across America are closing their doors
MarketWatch
Majority of NY hospitals fail to respond on executive bonuses, Medicare for All, mergers
LoHud.com
How the U.S. healthcare system puts people with diabetes in danger
The Washington Post

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 8

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 8, 2019
Hospital operator Astria Health files for bankruptcy
Wall Street Journal
UMMS scandal: Medical system board chairman, two others resign as additional contract revealed
The Baltimore Sun
Opinion: Appreciating nurses starts with protecting them on the job
The CT Mirror
Union representing Mercy Health St. Vincent Hospital nurses, support staff goes on strike
WTVG
Robert Pear, who covered Washington for 45 years, dies at 69
The New York Times
Ford plans to take medical transport venture nationwide
Reuters
Opinion: The 3 most important things I've learned as a healthcare reporter
Vox
Acadia Healthcare pays $17 million to settle Medicaid fraud
Charleston Gazette-Mail
UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann is loading up on the stock
Barron's
Medicare Advantage insurers may get 'billions' in overpayments, study shows
FOX Business
California healthcare union to protest Joe Biden fundraiser
ABC News
East End Hospital deal no longer includes controversial extra beds at GWU Hospital
DCist
The Health Plan, WVU Medicine to form new, fully-integrated healthcare network
WVNews
No layoffs planned in possible Marshfield Clinic, Gundersen merger, CEO says
Marshfield News Herald
Opinion: Safe patient limits make sense
The State Journal-Register
Trump 'conscience' rule for medical providers facing legal challenge in California
CNBC
Bipartisan pair of senators urges Barr to defend Obamacare in court
The Hill

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 7

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 7, 2019
Enrollment in Virginia individual marketplace down as premiums climb
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Medicaid leaders to meet with public as 425,000 Iowans set to shift from UnitedHealthcare
Des Moines Register
Rep. Byrne, healthcare leaders celebrate unity (to a point)
AL.com
How Epic and Cerner will retain control of the EHR market
Business Insider
Newsom plan to cover young undocumented immigrants would divert public health dollars
The Sacramento Bee
North Dakota's 'grow our own' strategy aims to tackle doctor demand
The Jamestown Sun
Mercy Health hospital workers prepare to strike: 'We deserve to be fairly paid'
The Toledo Blade
DuPage Medical Group CEO dies at 46
Chicago Tribune
Sen. Bernie Sanders spooks healthcare stocks as Trump teaches investors to expect the unexpected
CNBC
U.S. doctors use medical records to fight measles outbreak
Reuters
HHS secretary Alex Azar, Dartmouth '88, talks healthcare, pharmaceuticals
The Dartmouth
Opinion: Primary care is experiencing physician shortages
Burlington County Times
Southern California hospital worker sentenced for $3M theft
Associated Press
Ballad Health announces $10 million increase in nursing program investment
WCYB

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 6

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 6, 2019
Opinion: Doctors need to regain patients’ trust. Nurses can help them do that
Stat News
Opinion: Medicare for All isn't realistic, but we could learn from a 1990s military experiment
USA Today
Emergency room physicians are getting assaulted more often
KMVT
St. Luke's directed to fix issues or lose Medicare subsidies
Associated Press
Opinion: Nurses are unsung heroes of healthcare
The Buffalo News
Eastern Long Island Hospital closes in on final steps of partnership with Stony Brook
The Suffolk Times
Finding solutions to healthcare
KSFY
Booker: I support Medicare for All, but I'm a 'pragmatist'
The Hill
Lawrence company owes $2.1 million for MassHealth claims
The Eagle-Tribune
4 senior healthcare expenses no one warns about
Yahoo! Finance / The Motley Fool

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on May 3

HealthLeaders Media Staff, May 3, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Medicare for All's moment is here. Don't back down.
BuzzFeed News
Facebook as 'the alternative clinic visit': A conversation with the social media giant's cardiologist
Stat News
Grant Thornton hired to oversee Beth Israel Lahey Health merger
Boston Business Journal
Gov. Evers to 'fight like hell' to expand Medicaid, GOP leader 'not going to give in'
WKOW
Insys executives convicted of bribing doctors to boost sales of opioid
WBZ
As retiree healthcare bills mount, some states have a solution: Stop paying
Wall Street Journal
$37M settlement announced with pharmaceutical distributor McKesson
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Baltimore Mayor Pugh intends to resign after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals involving children's health book
The Baltimore Sun
UPMC sees $41 million drop in first quarter operating income
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NYSNA reach contract agreement with three hospital systems
Manhattan Times
Flume Health is an insurance administrator cutting costs by pre-approving prices and paying on-demand
TechCrunch
As tech startups push into healthcare, experts see red flags
Business Insider
Maternity services out, emergency room expansion in for Eastern Niagara Hospital
Spectrum News

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