Hospitals Fear Competitive Threat From Potential Walmart-Humana …

Early-stage deal talks between Walmart Inc. WMT 1.37% and Humana Inc. HUM 0.48% are deepening anxiety in the hospital sector, which already has been grappling with sluggish growth and competition from cheaper health-care options. Hospitalshave been eyeing Walmart nervously for years as it …

Ascension, the largest U.S. nonprofit hospital system, and Providence St. Joseph Health, also a major nonprofit hospital owner, put talks on hold to restructure as more medical care moves outside of hospitals, putting pressure on their core operations, according to the people. A big, complex merger would …

The injury is considered a lumbar spine contusion, but his preliminary X-ray, CT scan and MRI exams were all clear, and there is no indication of structural injury or neural disruption. McCaw was stretchered off the court after falling hard on the court after attempting a shot in the third quarter of Saturday’s …

Youth who end up in the hospital after being shot, stabbed or beaten receive medical care — but they don’t always get the resources they need to cope with trauma. At the UC Davis Medical Center, violence intervention specialists Esmeralda Huerta and Chevist Johnson are determined to intervene.

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Philadelphia hospital networks Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network might be joining forces after signing a letter of intent to explore the possibility of a merger. If the union goes through, it would be the sixth acquisition by Jefferson since Stephen K. Klasko took the helm as president and CEO in …

She had to be readmitted to the hospital for almost a week. But as a recent immigrant from Senegal with no family or friends living nearby, she did not know what to do with her new baby. If no one was available, she feared child protective services would take the girl into custody. A hospital social worker told …

“When people are going back and forth from prisons to hospitals, that’s a sign they might have benefited from longer-term treatment options,” said Dominic Sisti, a medical ethicist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine who was co-author of a 2015 paper subtitled “Bring Back the Asylum” in the …

After an outcry from hospitals, the company later relented, dropping its price by a small margin. Still, this single dramatic increase shed light on the once obscure arena of older generic drugs that continue to be in short supply and whose prices occasionally skyrocket. Frustrated with these shortages and …

Zeke Upshaw, who plays for the NBA G League’s Grand Rapids Drive, had to be taken to the hospital after collapsing on the court during a game on Saturday night. Per Wood TV 8, Upshaw was playing defense in the final minute of the fourth quarter when he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The report also notes …

Lord & Taylor, New York’s oldest luxury department store, founded in 1826, boasted “one of the most attractive and completely equipped of the small hospitals in New York City,” according to an article in The Modern Hospital magazine in 1916. The store operated the hospital when it was located on …

Within the scrapbook were articles, letters people wrote to her and small words of encouragement. The most important part, she said, was making sure she and her family documented all of the positive things that were also happening, like her trip to Disney World through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Bupa medical gap scheme is designed to eliminate or significantly reduce medical costs associated with hospital treatment by paying doctors significantly higher benefits than those paid under Medicare. … The recent scaremongering articles around ‘managed care’ could not b further from the truth.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is investigating organizations that accredit most of the nation’s hospitals following a report by The Wall Street Journal last year that identified patient safety problems at hospitals that had attained or kept their accreditations. Committee leaders are seeking …

Fuel ran out quickly, and some residents even ground up tulips to make flour. One group, however, wasn’t suffering as much as expected. In the Hague’s Juliana Children’s Hospital, pediatrician Willem Karel Dicke noticed that the children in his care with celiac disease were improving, even as they starved.

Rick Ross is back at home and happy to be there following his hospital scare last week. The Maybach Music Group founder posted a black and white photo on his Instagram account on Thursday where he has his hand placed on a wall. He captioned the photo, “Ain’t nothing like home . I love y’all – WLR …

Hillary Clinton walks out of Jodhpur Airport upon her arrival in Jodhpur in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on March 13, 2018. Photographer: AFP/Getty Images. New Delhi (AP) — Hillary Clinton was treated briefly at a hospital in western India after suffering a minor injury at her hotel, the head of the …

A home in Austin, Texas, printed in concrete by Icon, a local startup whose 3-D printing techniques have been used to build homes for families in El Salvador. Photo: ICON. By. Christopher Mims. Christopher Mims. The Wall Street Journal. BiographyChristopher Mims · @mims · christophermims …

In his letter ‘Private medicine’ (March 20), Eddy Privitera tries to confuse readers about the 30-year concession given to a private service provider to run three State hospitals by referring to Care Malta as an example of successful private-public partnership. Indeed, it is, precisely because it is based on a …