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Federal funding cuts. Clinician shortages. A projected 21% spike in the uninsured population. The conditions for a capacity crisis are already here — and most hospitals aren’t equipped to respond. But systems like Baptist Health Arkansas, University Health, Northwell Health…
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Marshall Health Network has moved its vascular surgery outpatient practice to a renovated space on the campus of St. Mary’s Medical Center. J. Chris Kitchen, MD, and Matthew Krantz, MD, lead the vascular surgery practice, according to a Dec. 17…
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office began investigating Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health in October after several physicians filed antitrust complaints about amended employment contracts, including changes to noncompete clauses. In a Dec. 17 report, Medscape outlines the details of the case…
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