Tech
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.
Hospitals & Facilities
Survey: More physician practices owned by corporations than hospitals
More than 44,000 practices were acquired between January 2019 and January 2024.
Tech
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.
Direct Care
HHS, CMS update informed consent guidance
The guidance comes as more than a dozen states have moved to ban non-consensual pelvic exams.
Payers
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.
Direct Care
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.”