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Happening Now
- JPMorgan launches healthcare company, Morgan Health
JPMorgan Chase on May 20 unveiled its new healthcare company, dubbed Morgan Health, which its top executive told Becker’s Hospital Review can be viewed as a continuation of Haven, an ambitious healthcare venture that recently disbanded. (05.20.2021) - Audax Private Equity to Sell Axia Women’s Health to Partners Group
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Audax Private Equity (“Audax”) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Axia Women’s Health to Partners Group on behalf of its clients. (05.12.2021) - Private Equity Health Care Acquisitions – April 2021
In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. (05.11.2021) - Study examines the impact of private equity investments in health care
Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. (05.05.2021) - Triton Pacific Capital Partners Announce Partnership with Genesis Healthcare Partners as the founding platform in its physician services organization, Urology Partners of America
Triton Pacific Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce a partnership with Genesis Healthcare Partners (“GHP”) as the founding platform in its physician services organization, Urology Partners of America (“UPA”). (05.04.2021)
- Johns Hopkins launches pandemic data initiative
Johns Hopkins University launched a pandemic data initiative to address the lack of a consistent real-time health data infrastructure, the Baltimore-based university announced May 17. (05.17.2021) - White House will spend $7.4B to hire public health workers
The Biden administration will provide $7.4 billion to hire and train public health workers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and future health crises, according to a May 13 news release. (05.13.2021) - Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030
One of the fun parts about working at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is that in addition to our impactful, near-term work, we also have the chance to point our eyes to the horizon and envision a better future. (05.13.2021) - University joins NIH initiative to create diverse national biomedical data resource
As part of ‘All of Us’ research program, School of Medicine will seek to enroll local participants (05.12.2021) - Basic medical research took a hit during the pandemic. It might take years to recover
COVID-19-related shutdowns and restrictions halted studies for cancer, diabetes, and more, threatening scientific progress. Can researchers make up for lost time? (05.06.2021) - New AAMC think tank to pursue workable solutions to long-standing health care problems
The pandemic has revealed the strengths of the U.S. health care system but also its weaknesses. The AAMC Research and Action Institute will seek to find solutions. (04.29.2021)
- Ensemble Health Partners receives highest score in history of KLAS revenue cycle outsourcing 2021 report for full revenue cycle outsourcing
Ensemble Health Partners, a leading innovator in revenue cycle management, received exceptional feedback from healthcare providers in KLAS Research’s Revenue Cycle Outsourcing 2021 Report (“The Report”), which was released on May 13. (05.13.2021) - 4 Big Tech billion-dollar acquisitions in healthcare
In the last 30 years, Big Tech — Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Apple — have collectively made over 800 acquisitions. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they have continued to write billion-dollar checks. (05.13.2021) - Patient Self-Service Drives Revenue Growth at Inspira Health
Patient self-service, such as online bill pay, not only accelerated payments but also drove revenue growth to the tune of $1.5M at Inspira Health. (05.12.2021) - AMA innovation arm spins out health IT practice management company: 4 notes
Health2047, the American Medical Association’s innovation enterprise, on April 12 unveiled its latest spinout company: Emergence Healthcare Group, a turnkey practice management and health IT group for independent practices. (04.13.2021) - What Microsoft’s $20B Nuance acquisition means for big tech’s healthcare push: 7 details
With a nearly $20 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance Communications, Microsoft aims to get a leg up in its healthcare competition with other tech giants, according to an April 13 Wall Street Journal report. (04.13.2021) - Google, Microsoft, AT&T & more partner to mitigate health disparities through technology
The Health Equity and Access Leadership Coalition, an initiative aimed at tackling health disparities via technology, formed Sept. 30. (09.30.2020)
- Mayo, Kaiser strike joint investment in virtual hospital-at-home model: 6 details
Two of the nation’s biggest healthcare providers are betting on the future of healthcare delivered from outside the four walls of the hospital. (05.13.2021) - Who’s opening ASCs in 2021?
Becker’s ASC Review has reported on 72 surgery center openings since the beginning of 2021. (05.13.2021) - CRH Medical acquired for $372.9M
Gastroenterology products and services provider CRH Medical has been acquired by Well Health, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company focused on consolidating clinical and digital assets in the healthcare industry. (04.23.2021) - 10 big challenges for ASCs
One year ago, many ASCs were closed or at limited case volume to divert resources to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. (04.22.2021) - USPI added 530 physicians in Q1, 5 more earnings call notes
Dallas-based Tenet has big plans to grow its ASC business, United Surgical Partners International, and it began the year by adding hundreds of physicians. (04.22.2021) - Physicians and cancer patients embrace virtual care in a pandemic
Online visits, case conferences, and treatment tools speed cancer care transformation (04.04.2021)
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- 22 recent hospital, health system executive moves
The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported since May 7: (05.14.2021) - 12 top hospitals, health systems for diversity
DiversityInc honored 12 hospitals and health systems for diversity in the company’s 2021 rankings. (05.13.2021) - Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare names Robin Womeodu, MD, as new Chief Academic Officer
Womeodu has served on MLH’s COVID Response Team and led Methodist University Hospital’s internal vaccination efforts. (05.13.2021) - 4 health systems appointing inaugural diversity, equity leaders
The following health systems have made appointments to newly created diversity and equity leadership roles this year: (04.12.2021) - Cleveland Clinic names Dr. Brian Bolwell to new physician leadership role
Brian Bolwell, MD, was chosen as the first chair of physician leadership and development in the Mandel Global Leadership and Learning Institute at Cleveland Clinic, the health system said April 8. (04.08.2021) - 32 thoughts on leadership from women in the healthcare industry
In honor of International Women’s Day March 8, Becker’s Hospital Review asked women in the healthcare industry to share their insights on leadership. (03.08.2021)
- 22 recent hospital, health system executive moves
- New law presses nursing home operators for broader ownership information
New Jersey is placing tougher ownership documentation requirements on nursing home operators in an effort to boost transparency and better track facility purchases within the state. (05.14.2021) - CMS to require long-term care facilities to report vaccine data
CMS issued a rule May 11 that will require nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to provide and track COVID-19 vaccinations given to staff and residents. (05.12.2021) - SNFs Continue to Battle Depressed Referrals as Hospital Inpatient Volumes Recover
Occupancy recovery in skilled nursing facilities will depend on a variety of factors: COVID-19 vaccination uptake among staff and residents, visitation policies of nursing homes, the willingness of family members to place their loved ones in the SNF setting, and acute care’s return to normal. (05.10.2021) - AHA: What is a long-term care hospital’s role in treating ‘long COVID-19’
The policy director of the American Hospital Association, the CEO of a Chicago-area long-term hospital and a pulmonologist discussed the role of treating patients experiencing “long COVID-19” in an AHA podcast published April 14. (04.25.2021) - With Medicare Advantage Rising and Resident Pool Shrinking, Nursing Homes Must Tackle Future Head-On
The COVID-19 pandemic paused most post-acute providers’ long-term planning efforts beyond making it through the next week or month, but now that the peak of the crisis has passed, it’s high time both operators and policymakers confront the new world ahead. (04.20.2021) - From Funding to Fines, Why ‘More of Everything’ Won’t Solve Endemic Nursing Home Problems Alone
To improve the quality issues in nursing homes — many of which pre-dated COVID-19 but were brought into a harsh spotlight because of the pandemic — the entire system of skilled nursing care needs to be completely overhauled, according to one physician in the space (04.14.2021)
- Atrium names inaugural chief managed health exec
Michael Parkerson has been chosen as Atrium Health’s first chief managed health executive, the Charlotte, N.C. -based health system said May 12. (05.14.2021) - New bipartisan bill targets prior authorization in Medicare Advantage
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new bill to reform prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage plans. (05.14.2021) - Intermountain’s insurance unit rebrands PBM
SelectHealth, the health insurance unit of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, is rebranding its pharmacy benefit manager. (05.13.2021) - Braven, health insurer created by Hackensack, RWJBarnabas and Horizon, enrolls 13,000
Braven Health, a health insurance company launched by two providers and a payer in New Jersey, initially enrolled more than 13,000 people in its Medicare Advantage plans, according to a May 13 ROI-NJ.com report. (05.13.2021) - Centene, Magellan deal nearly done
Centene’s acquisition of Phoenix-based behavioral health provider Magellan is nearing completion. (05.12.2021) - Bright Health acquires telehealth company Zipnosis
Health insurance startup Bright Health has acquired telehealth company Zipnosis. (04.09.2021)
