According to Premier, shortages are shifting from the personal protective equipment (PPE) scarcities that characterized 2020 to exponential demand for the supplies that play a vital role in COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and treatment. According to Premier data across a representative sample of health systems, since May 2020, average daily usage of sterile water has increased …
HCA plans to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center for $73M
HCA Healthcare to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center (Vidalia, GA) for $73 million. The parties previously signed a letter of intent in October 2019.The hospital’s parent company, Meadows Health Alliance, its board of directors, and the Toombs County Hospital Authority approved the sale of the medical center and its assets to HCA last week. The …
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The No. 1 lesson from the 2021 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference: Healthcare is ‘too vital to fail’
The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is one of the best ways to diagnose the financial condition of the healthcare industry. CEOs, and CFOs from many of the most prestigious and most well-respected health systems in the world presented. Here is a list of what these health systems are doing to ensure they stay vital …
Orlando Health to open $145M hospital this month
Orlando Health plans to open its six-story, $145 million hospital in Horizon West, Fla., Jan. 30. The 214,000-square-foot Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital will have space for 120 patient beds, outpatient imaging capabilities and laboratory services. It also will be seamlessly integrated with a 78,000-square-foot emergency department and medical pavilion that have been open on the campus …
Health workers refusing vaccine is new growing US problem
Scores of health care workers are still declining to take the COVID-19 vaccine, presenting problems to the pandemic response by sending the wrong message to the public and risking staff shortages if workers become sick. In New York state, more than 40 percent of health workers, who are first in line to get the shot …
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U.S. to Continue Needing 2.2 Billion N95s Per Year Post-Pandemic
The U.S. will continue to need 2.2 billion N95 masks a year, and possibly more, after the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, a top Trump administration official said in an interview with Bloomberg Law. Domestic production for now is meeting the demand for N95s, with about 181 million expected to be produced by the end …
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Amazon moves deeper into healthcare in 2020: 12 things to know
Here are 12 things to know about Amazon’s moves in healthcare over the past year:1. Amazon partnered with CVS Health and Thermo Fisher Scientific Dec. 22 to promote employer-based COVID-19 testing as part of the national strategy to fight the pandemic.2. Amazon is rumored to be making plans to expand the Amazon Care program, which launched in September 2019, …
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Aspirus Health to buy Ascension hospitals, clinics in Wisconsin
Aspirus Health (Wausau, WI) has signed an agreement to buy several Wisconsin hospitals and other healthcare facilities from Ascension (St. Louis, MO). The transition will include Ascension Wisconsin Spirit Medical Transport, 21 physician clinics, and the following Wisconsin hospitals:Eagle River Hospital (Eagle River, WI)Good Samaritan Hospital (Merrill, WI)Howard Young Medical Center (Woodruff, WI)Our Lady of …
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Ed Jones of HealthTrust named 2020 Most Admired CEOs
Ed Jones, President and CEO of HealthTrust, was recognized as one of Nashville Business Journal’s 2020 most admired CEOs. Check out the congratulatory video below. Congratulations, Ed! Read More
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Three Ways to Weather the Next Surge in PPE Demand
According to data from the nonprofit Get Us PPE, PPE requests in October increased for the first time since April. It was also the third month in a row when more than 70% of facilities ran out of at least one type of PPE, reflecting a major challenge that this third wave poses: streamlining the supply …
CMS audits small slice of hospitals for price transparency, probes complaints
CMS is currently auditing a sample of hospitals to see if those facilities are in compliance with the price transparency policy that went into effect Jan. 1. The agency is also probing complaints, a spokesperson said Friday. If hospitals fail to post the prices they negotiate with insurers they could face a corrective action plan …
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