The HHS Office for Civil Rights proposed a rule on Jan. 6 to update the HIPAA Security Rule, potentially affecting health systems' security policies and operations.
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Financial stability remains a focal point for healthcare leaders this year. While overall trends suggest a period of stabilization, new challenges and disparities among hospitals indicate that financial health remains an uneven landscape.
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Sansum Clinic, owned by Sutter Health, has implemented the Da Vinci 5 system for robotic surgeries at its Foothill Surgery Center, KEYT reported Feb. 14.
In a recent column published in Hurricane Breeze Newspaper, state delegate Scot Heckert argued that West Virginia's certificate-of-need laws are necessary to protect rural healthcare services.
State lawmakers in Oregon are considering two bills that would ban noncompete agreements for healthcare workers.
Mobile-based Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic is set to close on April 11.
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System has expanded cardiology services.
The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists is likely to increase the risks of inadequate bowel preparation for colonoscopy, according to a study published Feb. 12 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Physicians are voicing growing frustration with payer policies that delay payments, deny necessary care and add administrative burdens.
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International – the ASC arm of Tenet Healthcare — added nearly 70 ASCs in 2024, further solidifying its market position as the largest ASC chain.