Sutter Health’s $575M Antitrust Settlement is Final: Report

In recent years, surgical procedures have been increasingly shifting to outpatient settings such as ASCs, and this trend shows no sign of abating. However, Mississippi hospitals have faced challenges in establishing or investing in ASC facilities due to Mississippi’s certificate of need (CON) laws.

The Hive ransomware group targeted more than 1,500 organizations globally, including healthcare providers and software vendors, the Justice Department said last month. The group received more than $100 million in ransom payments since it was first observed in June 2021.

The U.S. spends less than 7% of its healthcare budget on primary care. Most developed countries spend between 10% and 15%.

In an accompanying letter to Congress, MedPAC Chair Michael Chernew, Ph.D., said “the Commission is acutely aware of how providers’ financial status and patterns of Medicare spending varied in 2020 and 2021 from historical trends, as well as the higher and more volatile increases in input costs for several health care sectors that occurred during 2022.”