Jeff Lagasse
A new study by the Transamerica Center for Health Studies claims companies are more likely to have added or increased contributions to their employees' healthcare premiums in 2016 compared to the last two years.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Vallejo, California were recently cited by Cal/OSHA for safety violations after inadequate safety practices resulted in workers being stabbed by needles on multiple occasions.
The growth of specialty drugs, and the pressures pharma mergers place on supply chain operations are just a few trends experts at McKesson Pharmacy Optimization expect to shape hospital pharmacy operations in 2016, according to a new report.
That represents 13.4 percent of their total expense, and includes $1 billion in financial assistance to senior citizens, the needy and the uninsured.
The Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento recently opened the Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center, an $812 million medical expansion project comprising nearly 1 million square feet of space for patient care.
Beverly Hospital in Los Angeles has secured a $39.7 million bond from the California Statewide Communities Development Authority, a first bond issuance in the hospital's 66-year history.
The nonprofit Prime Healthcare Foundation will buy the Memorial Hospital of Salem County from Community Health Systems, the healthcare providers announced this week.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health has announced it will limit its investments in thermal coal companies, focusing instead on sustainability and investment opportunities that address climate change.
The partnership is expected to help deliver a broad scope of value-based healthcare solutions.
The offering is made after TeamHealth rebuffed AmSurg's acquisition attempt.