HCA
-
HCA, Tenet Saw Increased EBITDA in Q1 While Nonprofit Hospitals Continued to Struggle
The nation’s two largest for-profit hospital chains — HCA and Tenet — increased their EBITDA as salary and benefit obligations became less burdensome in Q1. Unsurprisingly, the story for nonprofit hospitals is a bit different. For this class of health systems, the stress associated with labor costs is subsiding, but operating margins are having a difficult time bouncing back, according to a new Moody’s report.
-
Improving the patient experience one call at a time
As hospitals face consolidation and CIOs are asked to increase staff productivity, tech companies that can support automation with solutions that are easy to onboard are getting heightened interest.
-
Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
-
HCA sells physician workflow software to Commure
HCA plans to sell PatientKeeper, which makes physician workflow software, to health IT startup Commure. The hospital chain will get a minority stake in the combined company.
-
Report: Hospital margins down 96% since the start of 2020
A report by Kaufman Hall showed that while hospitals’ operating margins improved in July, they were down 96% since the start of the year. Including funding allocated through the CARES Act. Without CARES Act funding, hospital margins were still down 28%.
-
Lawsuit accuses HCA of failing to protect healthcare workers during pandemic
After four Riverside Community Hospital employees contracted Covid-19, they and their families sued HCA for failing to provide adequate protections. The plaintiffs said they were not given adequate access to PPE, not warned when they might have been exposed to Covid-19, and were encouraged to come back to work, even when they still had Covid-19 symptoms.
-
HCA nurses say they face layoffs if they don’t give up negotiated pay increases
HCA nurses protested last week, saying the hospital chain is threatening layoffs and wage freezes. HCA said it is asking nurses to forego planned wage increases and it has no plans for layoffs.
-
What a restart will mean for HCA’s hospitals
Facing a financial crunch from the Covid-19 pandemic, HCA Healthcare executives shared their plans for reopening as restrictions on elective procedures are lifted
-
Health IT, Hospitals, Health Tech
HCA creates Covid-19 dashboard for hospitals using Google’s tech
HCA Healthcare is working to launch a national portal that could be used by hospitals to share information about the pandemic and track needs for equipment and ICU beds. The portal is build designed by cloud technology services company SADA, and will run using Google Cloud services.
-
Will consolidation lead to a disconnect between hospitals and the communities they serve?
Academics and consumer advocates say hospital consolidation yields mixed results. While mergers may provide much-needed capital and financial stability, competition is stifled, often leading to higher prices.
-
Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
-
Three key points from HCA’s latest earnings call
Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA has released its most recent financial results. During Tuesday’s earnings call, executives highlighted the non-financial sides of the company and answered analysts’ questions.
-
HCA says hardware storage glitch behind EHR outage
An HCA spokesman said the issue primarily impacted its Florida facilities. HCA manages about 50 hospitals and 37 surgical centers in the state, according to its website.
-
How big is this big EHR outage? At least some of HCA’s system crumbles (Update)
According to an industry insider, a “fatal corruption” began at 4am Saturday morning and the EMR network was still down as of Monday morning.
-
HCA responding not to a market need, but instead is exploiting the system to increase revenue
ORANGE PARK, Fla. – When Orange Park Medical Center won preliminary state approval in November […]
-
Research!America guide to health-friendly voting (Morning Read)
Research!America offers to help you better understand your candidates’ positions on issues in health and research. And Amgen Inc. Chief Executive Kevin Sharer says there’s no magic bullet for diabetes.
-
Few hospital EHRs reach meaningful use (Morning Read)
The share of U.S. hospitals that adopted electronic health records rose modestly between 2008 and 2009, but only 2 percent of the hospitals had records that would meet the federal government’s “meaningful use” criteria.
Promoted
Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
Promoted
Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
