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Lawmaker accuses CVS, Cigna, UnitedHealth execs of making false statements to Congress

Jakob Emerson – Becker’s Hospital Review A federal lawmaker investigating pharmacy benefit managers is accusing top executives from CVS Health, Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group of making false statements during a committee hearing in July. On Aug. 28, Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, called on three PBM executives

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Hospital CEOs’ top financial worries

Kelly Gooch – Becker’s Hospital Review Financial challenges were the second-most pressing concern for hospital CEOs in 2023, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey of top issues confronting hospitals. The latest survey, published in January, marked the second consecutive year that hospital CEOs have ranked workforce challenges, financial challenges, and behavioral

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10 states facing largest RN shortages by 2036

Kelly Gooch – Becker’s Hospital Review Georgia could see the largest shortage of registered nurses by 2036, with an estimated 34,800 vacancies, according to a March report from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a federal agency of HHS. The finding comes as health systems nationwide brace for the “silver tsunami” of older Americans reaching

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Feds warn of Iran-based hackers targeting healthcare

Laura Dyrda (Twitter) Becker’s Health IT The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alongside the FDA and Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center released a new warning Aug. 28 about Iran-based ransomware attacks against U.S.-based entities, including healthcare organizations. The warning details cyber actors from Iran, including Pioneer Kitten, UNC757, Parasite, Rubidium and Lemon Sandstorm, using

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What’s Driving Healthcare Consolidation? The Answer May Surprise You

— To compete with big health systems, small providers have to get bigger, expert says by Joyce Frieden , Washington Editor, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — What is driving consolidation in healthcare? The answer is: consolidation, Erin Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, said Tuesday. “If all of the other competitors in the market are getting bigger, then

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Turning late-night advice into big business: Two nurses’ stories

Alexandra Frost – MDedge Pediatrics Fevers? Vomiting? Fussiness? How to manage the first night home from the hospital? These are just a few of the hundreds of questions from parents that Atlanta, Georgia–based pediatric nurses Jennifer Walker and Laura Hunter answered well into the night. It was the mid-1990s, and theirs was the only practice

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