Return of high-acuity surgeries helped boost Tenet Healthcare's Q3Return of high-acuity surgeries helped boost Tenet Healthcare's Q3Return of high-acuity surgeries helped boost Tenet Healthcare's Q3

Return of high-acuity surgeries helped boost Tenet Healthcare's Q3

Tenet Healthcare generated about $450 million in net income to shareholders in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from an almost $200 million net loss in the prior-year period.

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Oak Street Health buys virtual specialty-care firm RubiconMD for $130MOak Street Health buys virtual specialty-care firm RubiconMD for $130MOak Street Health buys virtual specialty-care firm RubiconMD for $130M

Oak Street Health buys virtual specialty-care firm RubiconMD for $130M

Oak Street Health plans to integrate RubiconMD's services so that its clinics can provide virtual specialty consults, manage patient care and streamline referrals.

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Tennessee claimed more than $1B in improper uncompensated care, audit findsTennessee claimed more than $1B in improper uncompensated care, audit findsTennessee claimed more than $1B in improper uncompensated care, audit finds

Tennessee claimed more than $1B in improper uncompensated care, audit finds

Tennessee claimed $2 billion in certified public expenditures from 2009 to 2014. Only $909.4 million was allowable and supported, federal auditors said.

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UnitedHealth to repay providers shortchanged for COVID vaccine administrationUnitedHealth to repay providers shortchanged for COVID vaccine administrationUnitedHealth to repay providers shortchanged for COVID vaccine administration

UnitedHealth to repay providers shortchanged for COVID vaccine administration

Federal investigators confirmed the nation's largest insurer paid "millions" of providers 40% less than the Medicare rate for inoculating patients.

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Amita Health, Chicago's biggest health system, is splitting upAmita Health, Chicago's biggest health system, is splitting upAmita Health, Chicago's biggest health system, is splitting up

Amita Health, Chicago's biggest health system, is splitting up

Amita Health was formed in 2015 as a joint venture of national chains Ascension and AdventHealth. Now the organizations are divvying up the chain’s 19 hospitals.

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Expert panel takes up complicated COVID-19 booster questionsExpert panel takes up complicated COVID-19 booster questionsExpert panel takes up complicated COVID-19 booster questions

Expert panel takes up complicated COVID-19 booster questions

The advisers to the CDC are slated to discuss who should get extra doses of the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines — and the bigger question of getting a different brand for the booster than people's original vaccination.

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What big tech doesn't have when it comes to healthcareWhat big tech doesn't have when it comes to healthcareWhat big tech doesn't have when it comes to healthcare

What big tech doesn't have when it comes to healthcare

Transformation is long overdue in healthcare, which is one of the last bastions to fully embrace the digital age. But at the end of the day, healthcare comes down to people serving other people.

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Iowa's privatized Medicaid illegally denies careIowa's privatized Medicaid illegally denies careIowa's privatized Medicaid illegally denies care

Iowa's privatized Medicaid illegally denies care

Auditor Rob Sand released a report from his investigation that examined cases from 2013 through 2019. He said his investigators found a massive increase in illegal denials of care by managed care organizations under privatized Medicaid.

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Princeton hospital joining West Virginia University Health SystemPrinceton hospital joining West Virginia University Health SystemPrinceton hospital joining West Virginia University Health System

Princeton hospital joining West Virginia University Health System

Princeton Community Hospital is joining the West Virginia University Health System.

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UNC Hospitals' patients at risk for identity theftUNC Hospitals' patients at risk for identity theftUNC Hospitals' patients at risk for identity theft

UNC Hospitals' patients at risk for identity theft

A former employee at UNC Hospitals was using patients' demographic and financial information to illegally obtain goods and services.

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