Tulsa (Okla.) ER & Hospital is forgiving $2.1 million of outstanding patient medical debt, according to local ABC affiliate KTUL.
Practice Management
Physicians and researchers now widely recognize that COVID-19 is a highly unpredictable viral illness that attacks more than just lungs, according to The Washington Post.
The spine surgery program at Stormont Vail Hospital was recently designated as a Blue Distinction Center by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, WIBW reports.
After almost seven weeks since effectively ceasing all nonessential surgeries, Hospital for Special Surgery is making a gradual return to performing urgent procedures.
Orthopedic practices are resuming elective surgeries with heightened safety protocols to protect patients and staff from COVID-19.
For most physicians, practice finances were either stable or improved in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the "91st Annual Medical Economics Physician Report."
Cleveland Clinic is resuming outpatient surgeries, procedures and appointments paused during the COVID-19 pandemic at its clinics in Ohio and Florida, TimesReporter.com reports.
Deal-making is on the horizon for KKR, the parent company of Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare, according to Bloomberg.
Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) plans to build a $1 billion outpatient surgery and medical campus in Hamburg, Ky., for which it will receive up to $12.7 million in tax breaks over 20 years, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital on May 7 partnered with Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare to develop a $35 million rehab facility for spinal cord injury and other neurologic conditions, Tampa Business Journal reports.
