Si estás embarazada y no tienes seguro de salud, Medicaid podría ser la solución

Cuando tuvo un antojo inusual de hotdogs, Matte’a Brooks sospechó que su cuerpo le quería decir algo, así que decidió hacerse una prueba de embarazo. Se hizo dos, para estar segura. Ambas dieron positivo. “Definitivamente me asusté”, dijo Brooks, de 23 años, quien no tenía seguro de salud. “Pensé: OK… estoy embarazada, ¿y ahora qué […]

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The business of medicine ‘tsunami’ is overwhelming orthopedics: Dr. Louis Levitt

The increased reach of private equity, consolidation and insurance companies have fundamentally changed the way that orthopedic care, and healthcare in general, is being delivered, according to Louis Levitt, MD.  More physicians are working outside of private practice, and the physicians who remain in private practice are having to find new revenue streams to make […]

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Banner Health taps internal finance leader for strategy and growth

Adrienne Moore has been named senior vice president of strategy and growth for Phoenix-based Banner Health, effective Feb. 2, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s. Ms. Moore previously served as Banner’s senior vice president of finance and brings decades of healthcare finance experience to the role. In her new position, she […]

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HCA acquires 13 urgent care centers, 6 freestanding EDs

As Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare continues to grow its Florida freestanding emergency department and outpatient footprint nationally, the health system is also expanding its urgent care center and freestanding ED footprint across Texas through two of the system’s subsidiaries.  HCA’s Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare said Feb. 2 that it has acquired 13 CommunityMed urgent care […]

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Vanderbilt Health taps 1st president for newly acquired hospital

Randy Davis has been appointed president of Vanderbilt Clarksville (Tenn.) Hospital. Mr. Davis joined the newly acquired hospital as its first president, according to a Feb. 2 news release from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health. The 270-bed facility is the newest member of the system’s regional hospital network in Tennessee. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed […]

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HDHPs linked to lower cancer survival rates: Study

Cancer survivors enrolled in high-deductible health plans had significantly worse overall and cancer-specific survival than those in standard health plans, according to a study published Jan. 29 in JAMA Network Open. The researchers analyzed data from 147,254 adults ages 18 to 84 who participated in the National Health Interview Survey from 2011 to 2018, linked […]

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