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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- CMS unveiled its latest quality ratings for hospitals, with 381 facilities receiving five stars
— 102 fewer than last year — and 276 receiving one star
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- Massachusetts dedicated $30 million
to financially troubled Steward Health Care's hospitals in the state to ensure operations through the end of August. Meanwhile, Steward again filed to extend the sale deadline
for some of its hospitals and its physician group.?
- Optum is closing clinics
in multiple states and laying off 524 employees across California.
- Lee Health is on the path to 100% nurse satisfaction. Learn about the system's progress — here.
- Ascension's strategy to improve its financial health is taking shape, with its sale of nine Illinois hospitals
the latest chapter. The health system's president
connected with Becker's to provide insight into Ascension's outlook.
- In the wake of the recent global IT outage, hospitals and health systems are working on preventing future outages
by guarding against incidents caused by outside technology partners and boosting backup capabilities.
- The rapid proliferation of nurse practitioners programs in the U.S. is spurring concerns
about the quality of training for these advanced practice providers and potential consequences for patient safety.
- Patient frustration is surging. See how Ascension Medical Group is responding with enhanced primary care, here
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- The best state for healthcare when it comes to affordability and quality? That would be Minnesota, according to one 2024 ranking
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- Leaked draft documents from December, first reported July 30 by Business Insider, show Amazon Health Services' businesses are set to lose more than $1 billion
in 2024.
- How are hospitals really generating revenue growth? Top systems share the role of partnerships, here
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