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The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Fort Greene announced last week that it has filed a preliminary application with the city for a $1 billion plan to modernize and renovate its campus. This plan, which will undergo public review by the city, would create a new cancer center, ambulatory surgery center and outpatient diagnostic center, as …

Brooklyn Hospital Center files $1 billion modernization plan with the cityRead More

SMI announced that effective February 1, 2021, Tom Hughes will become SMI executive director, emeritus. Jane Pleasants will assume the leadership role of SMI executive director.She will become the new executive director of SMI on February 1, following her retirement after many years as VP of supply chain for Duke Health. Read More

SMI Appoints New Executive DirectorRead More

Paul Keckley, managing editor of The Keckley Report, a healthcare policy analyst and widely known industry expert, hosted this 2020 Elections webinar last week and the recording is now available! Healthcare is going through a gut check. The volume and velocity of change is unprecedented. Paul Keckley is an intense observer of that change, diving deep …

2020 Elections Webinar Now AvailableRead More

UnitedHealth Group recorded higher revenue and $3.2 billion in profit during the third quarter of 2020 as the company saw care volumes move closer to pre-pandemic levels. UnitedHealth’s revenues grew 7.9 percent to $65.1 billion when compared to the same period a year prior. The increase was driven by 21 percent growth in the company’s Optum health …

UnitedHealth posts $3.2B profit in Q3Read More

Sanford Health is moving ahead with plans for major construction projects in the next few years that include a new heart center and continued renovation of its orthopedic specialty center.The new heart and vascular center is in the design phase. Infrastructure and site preparation work is scheduled for fall of 2021, with groundbreaking in the …

Sanford moves ahead with building plans for new heart center, orthopedic center upgradesRead More

Universal Health Services, a large hospital system with more than 400 locations across the country, was still working Tuesday to get its network and operations back online after a cyberattack early Sunday morning. The company said it “experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020,” and as a result it …

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This panel will cover:How leading Healthcare Technology Management departments are enabled through rapid changeHow to clinically integrate HTM/CE as a strategic driver for organization growthHow HTM roles are evolving and adapting to new ways of working Register here

Mayo, Intermountain and McLaren to Present in a Free SeminarRead More

The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 345 people across 51 federal districts in the largest healthcare fraud takedown in the agency’s history. The DOJ said the charges were in connection with cases responsible for more than $6 billion in losses. Among those charged were more than 100 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, according to the DOJ. The billions …

DOJ charges hundreds in connection with $6B in healthcare fraud in largest takedown everRead More