Here are eight developments that have marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here.
- Lawsuits alleging UnitedHealthcare and Cigna Healthcare wrongfully deny members' claims come amid broader conversations around insurers' purported use of algorithms and AI when processing claims or prior authorization requests.
- Amazon's foray into healthcare appears to have stalled because of questionable leadership decisions and the company's hubris, insiders said in a recent report.
- Attorneys for a Johns Hopkins children's hospital filed for a retrial against a $261 million verdict in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary, alleging a juror violated rules.?
- Hospital Sisters Health System in Illinois is removing crucifixes from its hospitals' emergency departments and patient rooms in response to increased violence toward healthcare workers.?
- Lion Star Nacogdoches Hospital in Texas, the group that operates Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, filed for bankruptcy. It is the third hospital in the state to file for bankruptcy in the last three months.?
- A California health system is accusing Optum of pressuring the system not to compete in the primary care business, and of steering patients away from their physicians who left Optum.?
- Are Instagram-worthy spaces reminiscent of home key to bringing people back to the office? Some employers are making that bet.
- Brendan Carr, MD, will be the next CEO of Mount Sinai Health System. Becker's tracks CEO moves nationwide year-round here.?
