Dave Muoio
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Somerville, MA, United States
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CMS instructs some billing arbitration decisions to resume following court-ordered pause
Updated on Feb. 27, 2023 | CMS is now instructing arbitrators to resume determinations for care that occurred prior to Oct. 25, 2022. Later cases are still on hold as the agency works to rehash its guidance in accordance to an early February court decision. → Read More
Healthcare Dealmakers—Centene's Magellan Rx divestiture; Sparrow joining UoM Health and more
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health System's merger deal, Amazon's One Medical acquisition inches forward and more M&A news from the month of December. → Read More
Wisconsin's Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System to close 11-hospital merger Nov. 30
Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System “anticipate” the close of a previously announced “merger of equals” by the end of the month, according to an announcement from the Wisconsin nonprofits. → Read More
HCA Healthcare celebrates Q3's stabilizing labor, volume seasonality yet remains cautious on inflation's bite
Executives at the 182-hospital chain highlighted good news on the labor cost front but stayed mum on official projections for the coming year. → Read More
Ardent Health Services banks $500M equity investment from UAE-based Pure Health
The deal will give Pure Health a minority stake in the fourth-largest privately held acute care hospital operator, but excludes any specific plans to expand Ardent’s physical footprint or develop a care delivery collaboration between the two organizations. → Read More
Healthcare pricing has yet to reflect broader economy's rapid inflation, analysis suggests
July 2022's annual urban consumer price change for healthcare was 4.8% while the broader economy landed at 8.5%. → Read More
Biden admin's student loan relief is a first step on physician workforce barriers, resilience, AAMC says
"Every little bit helps" for recent medical school graduates staring down hundreds of thousands in educational debts. → Read More
Sutter Health's rising expenses and rough investments yield a $457M net loss for Q2 2022
Updated on Aug. 5 with comments from Sutter Health. | The new numbers cement what was already looking to be a tricky year for the California nonprofit system, which during the previous quarter had reported a $184 million net loss. → Read More
Inflation-dogged health systems confident payers will concede higher rates in 2023 contract negotiations
Early negotiating wins and favorable public comments from payers have health system execs anticipating higher contract rates for the coming year. → Read More
City of Hope's new 'comprehensive' cancer center boasts cutting-edge research, treatments and a full-service salon
City of Hope has cut the ribbon on a 190,000-square-foot academic cancer treatment and research center in Orange County, California—a major milestone toward the $1 billion-plus “comprehensive” canc | The organization's newly opened facility boasts cutting-edge research, treatments and a full-service salon for patients. → Read More
Limited labor relief, slow non-COVID volume returns and 'outlier markets' to blame for Community Health Systems' $326M Q2 loss, execs say
“Challenging operating dynamics” led Community Health Systems to fall well short of the market’s consensus estimates with a second consecutive quarter of losses. | CEO Tim Hingtgen said the for-profit health system is working to offset its revenue, volume, labor and inflation challenges with a combination of strategic growth investments and expense reduction initiatives. → Read More
Dobbs decision 'opened the door for complete and utter chaos,' physicians and legal experts tell Congress
Dangerous restrictions to reproductive and other care that have become more frequent amid an uncertain legal environment, clinical experts say. → Read More
Citing inequity, hospitals campaign to overturn LA's new $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers
An industry-backed campaign argues that the pay hike's exclusion of public facilities will lead to an exodus of workers from underserved communities. → Read More
CMS threatens to ax UNC Health's Medicare funding after flagship hospital cited for serious noncompliance
UNC Medical Center fell short on four different conditions of participation during a mid-June compliance survey, CMS wrote in a citation letter. → Read More
Watson Health, under new investment firm ownership, is reborn as Merative
Investment firm Francisco Partners celebrated the close of its IBM Watson Health assets acquisition by announcing the launch of a new standalone data analytics company. | Francisco Partners celebrated the close of its Watson Health transaction by relaunching IBM's ill-fated analytics business under a new name. → Read More
Watson Health, under new investment firm ownership, is reborn as Merative
Investment firm Francisco Partners celebrated the close of its IBM Watson Health assets acquisition by announcing the launch of a new standalone data analytics company. | Francisco Partners celebrated the close of its Watson Health transaction by relaunching IBM's ill-fated analytics business under a new name. → Read More
Former agency heads, policy experts say US needs a more centralized approach to public health
Experts convened by the Commonwealth Fund called for Congress to establish an "under secretary for public health" role and new minimum expectations for health departments. → Read More
New class action lawsuit claims Meta's discreet patient data tracker was active across 664 provider websites
Updated June 21, 11:45 a.m. | After an investigation found Facebook's discreet tracker active among 33 of the top 100 hospitals' online scheduling tools, an anonymous patient is seeking damages on behalf of "millions" of patients whose data was collected by "at least 664 hospital systems or medical provider web properties." → Read More
FTC notches another antitrust win as HCA Healthcare, Steward Health Care call off 5-hospital sale
The Federal Trade Commission is two-for-two this month on hospital merger challenges, announcing Thursday that HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care System have decided to abandon a proposed five- → Read More
Chutes & Ladders—Meet AMA's new president-elect; City of Hope names system president
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. → Read More