[ad_1] Did you have any specialty in mind when you entered medical school? As I watch my own young kids dream of what they want to be when […]
CVS Health to acquire Signify Health for $8 billion
[ad_1] CVS Health will acquire home health provider Signify Health for about $8 billion cash, the two companies announced Monday. Terms of the definitive agreement call for the […]
Opinion: Value-based care starts at the bedside
[ad_1] As an immigrant child from a war-torn nation, medicine was not the path I would have chosen to contribute to social justice. During medical school, I realized […]
FTC investigating Amazon’s $3.9B purchase of One Medical
[ad_1] The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. […]
Ascension Illinois Ministry CEO Keith Parrott is leaving
[ad_1] Parrott’s departure comes nearly a year after the breakup of Amita Health was announced. Amita was formed in 2015 through a joint venture of national chains Ascension and […]
GoodRx lays off 140 employees
[ad_1] GoodRx, a consumer drug pricing and digital health company, said it’s laying off 140 employees, or 16% of its workforce, primarily in its technology and marketing groups. […]
CDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge […]
Jobs report shows healthcare hiring increase in August
[ad_1] Healthcare employers added an estimated 48,200 jobs in August as hiring rose from the previous month, according to preliminary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. […]
Hospitals reduce services over staffing concerns
[ad_1] Memorial Hospital of Carbon County lost five labor and delivery nurses to travel jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. For a department made up of just 12 people, the […]
Wellstar Health System to close Atlanta Medical Center
[ad_1] Wellstar Health System plans to close Atlanta Medical Center, a 532-bed hospital that has shouldered a disproportionate load of the area’s uncompensated care. The not-for-profit system will […]
