Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 22

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 22, 2019
Hospitals stand to lose billions under 'Medicare for All'
The New York Times
Washington state senator slammed for saying nurses 'play cards' for 'considerable amount of the day'
CNN
Doctor-services firm says private data of patients exposed
WRAL
Medicaid expansion could reduce benefits to some 25,000 Nebraskans now on the program
Omaha World-Herald
Massachusetts community hospitals are teaming up to save money
The Boston Globe
Jewish nurses debunk anti-vaxxer misinformation as measles spreads in NYC ultra-Orthodox community
CNBC
Enhanced Recovery protocol seeing positive results at Grand River, Valley View hospitals
Aspen Times / Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Opinion: What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons, coaching can keep you sharp
Stat News
Man suing Houston doctor after getting vasectomy instead of cystoscopy
KTRK
Ohio nurse practitioners push to practice independently
Dayton Daily News

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 19

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 19, 2019
How Medicare may encourage higher drug costs
Axios
Appeals court reverses order that kept Westlake Hospital owner from closing
Chicago Sun-Times
Digital health investments slide in the first quarter to $2 billion, according to Mercom Capital
TechCrunch
Opinion: Obamacare made big health insurers very rich, what could Medicare for All do to them?
Forbes
Meet the woman overseeing a key piece of CVS Health's plan to change how Americans get healthcare
Business Insider
High-deductible health policies linked to delayed diagnosis and treatment
NPR
Nurses demand change to bill requiring 8-hour shift limit in Washington
K5 News
Opinion: The rise of useless health insurance
Splinter
Towns to vote about potential merger of Mayo Regional Hospital and Northern Light Health
WABI
Christus Health System renews relationship with Cigna health insurance
Longview News-Journal
Former South Peninsula Hospital nurses allege age discrimination
Homer News

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 18

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 18, 2019
Why nurses are striking
Axios
Health stocks crumble as fears of 'Medicare for All' snowball
Bloomberg
Opinion: Price transparency is key to a functional healthcare market
The Hill
Westlake hospital owner proposing transfer of ownership to village
WGN 9
Officials announce new measures to fight New York measles outbreak
PBS NewsHour
Federal officials launch investigation into Medicaid managed-care denials, including those in Iowa
Quad-City Times
Georgia women to take over top posts at national physician organizations
WABE
Opinion: What it means to have an appointment with a physician assistant
Flagstaff Business News
Bringing real innovation to Medicare
Forbes
Former North KC firm under federal criminal investigation for failed hospital chain
The Kansas City Star

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 17

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 17, 2019
The key players behind Amazon's healthcare push
Stat News
New billing practices at San Francisco's largest public hospital could help low-income patients Save money
TIME
Telemedicine, walk-in clinics cloud role of family doctor
The Washington Post / Associated Press
Study: Healthcare industry worst at protecting consumer data, federal government is best
USA Today
A doctor raised more than $250 million to create a new kind of clinic that charges a monthly fee, and it could be the future of medicine
Business Insider
Hackers' favorite target is now healthcare, report finds
Nashville Public Radio
Uniontown Hospital delays $32 million campus upgrade as it struggles with UPMC's departure
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In rebuke, judge orders Westlake Hospital to bring back obstetrics and intensive care services
Chicago Tribune
Mass. senators worry that Trump administration rule change will raise Medicare premiums
MassLive
Billing, access and Obamacare among hot topics at Shapiro, Wild health care roundtable in Bethlehem
The Morning Call

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 16

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 16, 2019
The 10 people transforming healthcare
Business Insider
Healthcare, once a market leader, stumbles in 2019
Wall Street Journal
Kaiser Permanente Colorado in talks with unions over workforce needs following 2 rounds of layoffs in 6 months
The Denver Post
'Superbug' germs found all over hospital patients' hands: study
New York Post
Democrats feud over drug pricing policy, as progressives push pragmatists to be bolder
Stat News
Montana senate gives preliminary nod to Medicaid plan
Great Falls Tribune
Opinion: Georgia wise to seek flexibility on healthcare coverage
Savannah Morning News
How prescribing healthy food could save billions of dollars in healthcare costs
MarketWatch
Opinion: 3 signs the PBMs are desperately in need of reform
The Hill
Here's one fix for Nevada's doctor shortage
KSNV
Why Celgene shareholders should hold on to their Bristol-Myers Squibb stock once the acquisition closes
The Motley Fool
WMED hiring 'standardized patients' to help train future doctors
WSBT

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 15

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 15, 2019
Americans are delaying healthcare until tax refunds arrive
Bloomberg
How to lower healthcare costs in America
MarketWatch / Next Avenue
CVS wants to fix healthcare. Time to buy the stock.
Barron's
Opinion: Penn. legislators should not allow nurses to act as physicians
PennLive.com
A significant doctor shortage is expected by 2030, especially among general practitioners
Reading Eagle
Ohio insurers deny 20% of Obamacare claims
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Editorial: Without this change, Medicare for All is doomed
NJ.com
For many Texas teachers, health insurance premiums are huge but so are the hospital bills
News4SA
Opinion: Hospitals acquiring medical practices: good or bad?
The Post Independent
Palliative care can improve quality of life
Herald-Mail Media

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 12

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 12, 2019
Chuck Grassley: Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Obamacare, so no need to create replacement
Des Moines Register
Nurses authorize strike at Stanford, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
San Francisco Chronicle
N.J. hospital under scrutiny for its finances is getting a weekly check-up by the state to ensure it meets 'the needs of the community.'
NJ.com
Tennessee House passes controversial TennCare block grant plan
The Tennessean
Two U.S. senators request PBM pricing inquiry, citing Pennsylvania and Ohio Medicaid programs
Philly.com
Lawrence General Hospital nurses picket for staffing improvements
The Eagle-Tribune
Prolific activist investor targets HCA
Nashville Business Journal
University of Kansas hospital administrator shares impressions of community and health care
Great Bend Tribune
Dexter Town Council votes to approve Mayo, Northern Light Health merger
WABI
Another Maine hospital is trying to reinvent itself after suffering hard times
Bangor Daily News

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 11

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 11, 2019
How Amazon could change the pharmacy business
CNBC
Facing nurses strike, New York hospitals reach landmark deal on staffing
The New York Times
Patient becomes gunman in SC hospital shooting, officials say; 1 in critical condition
WRDW
The gender pay gap for doctors is getting worse. Here's what women make compared to men
TIME
When a nurse is prosecuted for a fatal medical mistake, does it make medicine safer?
NPR
Wendell Primus, the most powerful healthcare staffer in Congress, represents a generational divide on the left
The Intercept
Sen. Shaheen not joining Sanders' Medicare for All plan again
FOX Business
Opinion: Do you think your doctor is trying to keep you sick and medicated?
National Review
Pharma lobbyists flooded Maryland to block a drug-pricing bill. Opponents pushed back — and won
Stat News
How one physician started a tax-filing service to help improve patients' health
Texas Standard
Remaining Medicaid insurers in Iowa to have equal shares of population
Quad-City Times

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 10

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 10, 2019
'He calls me, I call him': Alex Azar on his relationship with President Trump, drug pricing, and winning over skeptical conservatives
Stat News
Barr suggests administration won't succeed in calling for courts to strike down all of Obamacare
The Washington Examiner
Medicare penalizes Pittsburgh-area hospitals for care issues, but critics say system isn't fair
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Westlake Hospital saved from closing, for now
Chicago Sun-Times
NYC mandates vaccines in measles outbreak area, threatens fines
Bloomberg
Bay Medical plans to hire 300 workers
Panama City News Herald
Blue Cross income jumps on Medicaid business
The Star Tribune
Trump administration to require Texas Tech medical school to end use of race in admissions decisions
Wall Street Journal
Wisconsin is out of all Obamacare lawsuits after federal court rules in last case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Opinion: Invisible middlemen are slowing down American healthcare
The Atlantic
Recruiting people to upstate can be hard, so this Albany physician group created a team to make it easier
Albany Business Review
Sen. Grassley: Rising prescription drug costs are a problem for many Americans -- so let's fix it
Fox News
Nurses union alleges retaliation, sues Heritage Valley
Beaver County Times
Bill would give R.I. physician assistants more authority, flexibility
Providence Journal

Healthcare Headlines We're Reading on April 9

HealthLeaders Media Staff, April 9, 2019
Meet the judge who is tormenting the Justice Department over the CVS-Aetna merger
Barron's
Opinion: Healthcare CEOs made an infuriating amount of money last year
GQ
Facing escalating workplace violence, hospital employees have had enough
NPR
Public option hits a wall in blue states
Politico
Measles cases now reach 465 in the U.S., mostly in kids
NBC News / Associated Press
St. Albans hospital eyes cuts, revenue growth to stabilize budget
VTDigger
Hospital staff errors with gowns and gloves spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Fox News / Reuters
Nurses taking care of fewer patients at once. Is this why?
NJ 101.5
This California banker bet on turning around Philly's Hahnemann Hospital. He's running out of time
Philly.com
Colorado's proposed first-in-the-nation health insurance program just got a big rewrite. Here's what changed.
The Colorado Sun
Forget Amazon and Google — Apple is the tech giant to watch in healthcare, according to Morgan Stanley
Business Insider

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