Hospitals & Facilities
FTC issues final rule to limit ‘exploitative’ contracts
The rule is expected to increase wages for workers by about $524 a year and lower healthcare costs by up to $194 billion over the next decade.
Amanda Eisenberg
Amanda Eisenberg is the former editor of Healthcare Brew.
Tech
Survey: More physician practices owned by corporations than hospitals
More than 44,000 practices were acquired between January 2019 and January 2024.
Payers
Survey: Small physician practices struggling after cyberattack
The Change Healthcare cyberattack has stymied cash flow, forcing physician practices to pay out of pocket to keep businesses afloat.
Hospitals & Facilities
HHS, CMS update informed consent guidance
The guidance comes as more than a dozen states have moved to ban non-consensual pelvic exams.
Tech
Modern Age shutters after failing to obtain more funding
The longevity clinic started in 2021 to address aging and metabolic health.
Hospitals & Facilities
Staten Island nurses issue strike notice
About 1,300 nurses at a Northwell facility plan to strike April 2 over wages and safe staffing.
Tech
HCA Healthcare pilots Google AI to aid handoff documentation
The large language model processes a 12-hour shift and condenses the highlights into a report that helps the next nurse pick up where the previous left off.
Hospitals & Facilities
Montefiore children’s hospital seeks to open new psychiatry unit
The addition of a 21-bed unit would improve access in the medically underserved Bronx.
Hospitals & Facilities
NYC aims to complete construction on therapeutic units ahead of planned Rikers closure
Mayor Eric Adams greenlit the effort on Monday after years of delays.
Hospitals & Facilities
Mount Sinai hospitals hit with $2+ million in understaffing penalties
It’s the eighth time arbitrators have ruled against the New York City-based hospitals over “safe staffing.”