On May 1, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified before Congress, expressing that he is "deeply, deeply sorry" about the effect the late February cyberattack on Change Healthcare had on patients, physicians and health systems.
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Hackensack Meridian Health is opening a 150,000-square-foot medical office building in Paramus, N.J., according to a May 2 report from NorthJersey.com.
Alcanza Clinical Research, an integrated network of research facilities focused on underrepresented patient populations, has acquired the Kansas City Research Institute.
A major cyberattack rocked the healthcare industry in February when Optum's Change Healthcare was hit by a ransomware gang that claims to have stolen massive amounts of patient data.
Small, independent ASCs are facing several challenges in 2024, including competition for labor and rising wages, making it difficult for ASCs to compete with larger health systems.
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is investing $450 million into growing its ambulatory business in 2024, according to its April 30 first-quarter earnings call.
Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health, the parent system of Mercy Hospital, has sold a medical office building in Westbrook, Maine, for $3.45 million, according to an April 29 report from Mainebiz.
Georgia has been named the worst state for healthcare by Forbes due to its failure to meet several key metrics spanning categories of healthcare access, healthcare outcomes, healthcare cost and quality of hospital care.
A ribbon-cutting for a new medical office building on the campus of Riverside Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg (Va.) was held on April 25, according to an April 30 report from the Daily Press.
Physician reimbursement amounts per Medicare patient decreased around 2.3% between 2005 and 2021 when accounting for inflation, according to a new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute.