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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- Florida-based Retreat Behavioral Health abruptly closed treatment centers
in three states in the wake of the death of the company's CEO.?
- Teva Pharmaceuticals is launching the first generic GLP-1 product
available in the U.S. The move comes as organizations grapple with how to cover the high cost of weight loss drugs and as Amazon Pharmacy considers its place
in the market.
- The American Hospital Association denounced
a new report
that links hospital price hikes to job loss in local communities and increased suicide rates, saying findings are based on "extremely limited and disparate data."?
- Hackers love healthcare. Learn how to improve cyberattack recovery — here.
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- In September 2022, Aidan Hettler, then 22 years old, assumed his first healthcare role as CEO of Sedgwick County Health Center in Colorado. Now 24, he has grown as a leader
while he and the health system have navigated changes.
- Prospect Medical Holdings received conditional approval
from the Rhode Island attorney general to sell two hospitals to The Centurion Foundation — provided it meets "40 unique conditions."?
- Sutter Health beat a whistleblower lawsuit
alleging that the health system owed $519 million for double-billing expensive operating room services without documentation.?
- Penn Medicine is committed to patient-experience transformation. Leaders share their strategy here.
- Concierge medicine is a growing model
in healthcare, but some are concerned about its impact on patients who cannot afford the fees, which are not covered by insurance.
- Duke Regional Hospital is the most socially responsible acute care hospital
in the U.S., according to a ranking from the Lown Institute. The list includes four hospitals from Pennsylvania.?
- Health system tech leaders get real about AI. Watch the discussion — here.
