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
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- What has Mark Cuban learned since delving into the healthcare space? For starters, the entrepreneur says CEOs "waste a [bleep]load of money." Here's more on how he believes executives' decisions affect the workforce
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- When rural hospitals shut down — more than 300 were at risk of closure in 2023 due to financial problems —.community morale can take a hit and prices can rise. One executive, for his part, would like to see more investment
in people at the bedside.
- In the last month, two New York health systems have received cease-and-desist letters
egarding potential bed or service closures. And in Texas, a hospital in West Lake Hills abruptly closed its emergency department
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- Paxlovid is highly effective at preventing severe COVID-19 and death. But according to the NIH, only a small proportion of high-risk patients are taking the medication
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- Eli Lilly has launched a website for customers with migraines, obesity and diabetes to order prescription drugs
directly from the manufacturer, including weight-loss medications such as Zepbound.
- SSM Health and UnitedHealth Group's Optum ended their administrative partnership,
about two years after it began.
- Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System have ended efforts to combine
into a regional health system.
- In the wake of a data breach in August, a healthcare coalition comprising two hospitals and an orthopedic group is taking its fight
against a ransomware group to the courtroom.
