June 21, 2021 ALEX KACIK
LifePoint Health signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kindred Healthcare, the for-profit health systems announced Monday.
Month: June 2021
Affordable Care Act survives Texas’ Supreme Court challenge
June 17, 2021 JESSIE HELLMANN, MICHAEL BRADY and NONA TEPPER
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Affordable Care Act for the third time after Texas and several Republican-led states sought to overturn the law, saying they do not have standing to challenge the 2010 healthcare statute.
COO of network security company charged with hospital cyberattack
June 13, 2021 Modern Healthcare
Vikas Singla, the chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based Securolytics, a network security company serving healthcare organizations, was arraigned last week on charges that in 2018 he caused a cyberattack on a Georgia hospital.
Physician shortage narrows as industry adds GME slots, APPs
June 11, 2021 ALEX KACIK
The projected physician shortage narrowed as more students gain access to graduate medical education and a growing number of advanced practice practitioners join the workforce, according to a new report.
Deadline to spend HHS relief funds extended for some providers
June 11, 2021 TARA BANNOW & JESSIE HELLMANN
Hospitals and other provider groups expressed relief at the Biden administration’s decision Friday to grant them more time to spend COVID-19 relief grants.