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Portland, Ore.-based Cedar Hills Hospital, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, reduced its inpatient capacity from 98…
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A new CMS rule effective June 2027 eliminates any advance notice before accreditation surveys — closing the gap between what the standard has always required and what hospitals have been able to rely on in practice. Perpetual survey-readiness is no…
- Sunny Gahir, Manager, HR Compliance & Employee Experience Center, UCLA Health
Financial pressure, shifting patient expectations, regulatory burden and workforce shortages are forcing leaders to ask a direct question: which service lines should we expand, reduce or reinvent to stay relevant in the years ahead? Declining market share and a shifting…
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For many health systems, fragmented emergency notification workflows delay response times, limit visibility across facilities and leave safety trends hidden until after an incident. As organizations grow, siloed reporting compounds the problem and the operational cost lands on both staff…
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The Florida Department of Health issued guidance July 24 recommending that healthcare providers avoid prescribing psychotropic medications to children ages 5-17 for mental health conditions including depression, anxiety and attention-deficit related disorders. The guidance comes as HHS outlined an action plan…
Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare opened Oceans Behavioral Hospital of Greater New Orleans — Kenner West in Kenner, La. The campus occupies the facility previously operated as Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of New Orleans. The campus provides inpatient behavioral healthcare services for…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente committed $10 million to expand the Youth Mental Health Corps, a national initiative that connects teenagers with young adult peers who provide mental health and navigation support. The funding aims to increase access to mental health…
Universal Health Services executives said the company’s pending acquisition of Talkspace will help remove two of the biggest obstacles to growing its outpatient behavioral health business, giving the King of Prussia, Pa.-based health system a virtual care option and a…
Hospitals and health systems are increasingly turning to telehealth to expand behavioral healthcare services as they contend with workforce shortages, rising demand and barriers to care. During a July 14 panel at the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit in Denver,…
The Trump administration has stepped up enforcement of federal hospital price transparency rules, sending warning letters and corrective action requests to hundreds of hospitals nationwide, including three behavioral health facilities in the Chicago suburbs, the Chicago Tribune reported July 27. …
In 2026, five states enacted laws restricting AI therapy chatbots, joining Illinois and Nevada, which adopted similar measures last year, according to the Transparency Coalition’s 2026 Mid-Year State AI Legislation Report. The bans largely rely on states’ authority to license…
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