Cost-effectiveness for risk-stratified patients isn’t necessarily better than usual care for lower back pain in the military health system, according to a study in the July 15 issue of Spine.

Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Acadia Hospital named Charmaine Patel, MD, senior physician executive. She had served as medical director of adult inpatient services at Acadia since 2018, according ...

Alhambra, Calif.-based Astrana Health acquired Los Angeles-based Prospect Health System on July 1 for $708 million. Astrana, formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, entered into a $745 million ...

Endoscopic Spine Institute of New York and Lenox Hill Hospital are partnering, according to a June 28 Instagram post from Sanjay Konakondla, MD, and Albert Telfeian, MD, PhD. The partnership between ...

New generations of spine robots in the market have significant advantages compared to their predecessors, Suken Shah, MD, said. Dr. Shah, of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Hospital, spoke ...

Facing tighter margins in the healthcare sector, Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health is doubling down on direct-to-employer offerings to shore up revenue. The 14-hospital system is ...

The owner of two allegedly fraudulent COVID-19 testing labs pleaded not guilty to federal charges connected to what the Justice Department said is a scheme that funneled more than $290 million in ...

Workers at Sharp HealthCare medical offices across the San Diego area have voted to form a union with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The election, conducted in June by the National Labor ...

More than 500 employees across three groups at Philadelphia-based Temple Health have ratified their first union contracts. Six things to know: 1. Employees at Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital and ...

California and 19 other states filed a federal lawsuit July 1 against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alleging the agency unlawfully shared Medicaid beneficiaries’ personal health ...

Daphne David began serving as president and CEO of Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, and she brings more than two decades of leadership experience. Before joining ...

The Justice Department and HHS have launched a joint False Claims Act Working Group to intensify efforts at combatting fraud and abuse in the federal healthcare system. The group builds on a ...