Here are the developments that 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
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- The Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements
in a move it estimates will save up to $194 billion in healthcare costs over the next decade.?
- Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media regarding a reduction in force
they say occurred across the company.
- When patients are admitted to the hospital, a caregiver must select from tens of thousands of codes to log. It's part of a massive burden
faced by the U.S. healthcare system, and Advocate Health's CEO is looking to other countries for possible solutions.
- Cyberattacks are an increasingly prevalent threat. Deflate risk and protect your patients with an action plan: here.
- Community Health Systems is preparing to sell
a 351-bed hospital in Tennessee. Meanwhile, an Alabama hospital faces the possibility of foreclosure and auction sale
after opening only four years ago.
- Within a new package of Florida laws is a measure to allow advanced birth centers to perform cesarean deliveries
, permitting the procedure outside of the hospital setting.?
- Hundreds of nurses gathered to protest the use of AI
at Kaiser Permanente.
- 1 in 4 Americans will have behavioral health needs in 2026. See how Texas Health Resources is preparing here.
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- Executives and boards are rethinking their responses to geopolitical issues and losing patience with employees
who are "eager to be the conscience of their companies," according to a recent report.?
- Most of the top-earning executives at four of the nation's largest for-profit health systems saw their overall compensation increase in 2023. Here are seven things to know
about executive pay at HCA Healthcare, Community Health Systems, Tenet Healthcare and Universal Health Services.
- Forbes released its seventh annual ranking of the nation's best employers for diversity
, and the rankings include 41 hospitals and health systems.
- Nurses are craving career growth support — and they're willing to switch jobs over it. Level up your hospital's strategy here.
