It’s Official: Walgreens To Go Private In $10 Billion Sale To Sycamore Partners
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 6, 2025
Walgreen Boots Alliance will become privately held in a $10 billion takeover by the investment firm Sycamore Partners.
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February HR Clinic roundup
Practice Index
MARCH 6, 2025
Whatever your length of experience as a Practice Manager, there are always some questions about HR or staff matters that youre bound to be unsure of. Recently, 46 members of the Practice Index forum joined Robyn Clark (@JacksonR) and Susi OBrien (HR Advisor) for an online HR Clinic in which questions on any HR topic could be put forward. Most questions were submitted in advance, but a few came in on the day as well.
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HIMSS 2025 Recap For Healthcare CIOs
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 6, 2025
Healthcare CIOs are zeroing in on the following areas to fuel innovation and upgrade their existing solutions.
New GP contract: a step forward or more of the same?
Practice Index
MARCH 6, 2025
The announcement of the new 2025/26 GP contract has been met with a mix of cautious optimism and deep-seated concerns. It marks the first agreed contract in four years, hailed by the Government and NHS England as a breakthrough. The BMA, while acknowledging it as a positive step, made it clear that this is just the beginning of the long road to stabilising general practice.
WTA Introduces First Maternity Fund For Pro Tennis Players
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 6, 2025
For the first time, professional women tennis players in the WTA will have access to a comprehensive support system with the introduction of the PIF WTA Maternity Fund.
How to Ace 4 Common Nursing Interview Questions
Minority Nurse
MARCH 6, 2025
Job interviews can be a source of stress for novice and seasoned nurses, and being prepared for some of the most common questions can give you the confidence to ace your next nursing interview. You obviously can’t rehearse for every possible question, but practice boosts your readiness and creates a positive mindset that will increase your comfort level in preparing for what’s ahead.
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Primary care news round-up (27th February to 5th March 2025)
Practice Index
MARCH 6, 2025
Contract deal raises new cash questions A new GP contract deal is set to end the BMAs dispute with the NHS over practice funding, but managers have questioned whether it will provide enough cash. The deal will release some 889 million worth of funds into the general practice global sum, an increase of 7.2%, although some of this is redirected from dedicated funds.
EHR vendors turn to artificial intelligence to modernize health records
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
Software companies like Epic and Oracle say they’re weaving AI into clinicians’ workflows to meet client demand, keep up with competitors and improve the productivity of a swamped healthcare system.
8 tips for hiring members of Gen Z
Physicians Practice
MARCH 6, 2025
Discover how Gen Zs emphasis on mental health, digital fluency, and flexibility compares to Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennialsand what it means for building a thriving, multigenerational healthcare workforce.
Amazon One Medical CEO to step down
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
Trent Green will step down in April, less than two years after he took on the chief executive role at the Amazon-owned primary care provider, according to a spokesperson.
Americans borrowed $74 billion to cover health care costs last year
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
West Health and Gallup survey highlights growing concerns over medical debt across income and demographic groups.
Rite Aid Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $6.8 Million
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 6, 2025
Rite Aid has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over a June 2024 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 2.2 million customers. Class members can claim up to $10,000 as reimbursement for documented expenses incurred as a result of the data breach. On June 6, 2024, the RansomHub ransomware group gained access to some of its computer systems, exfiltrated sensitive data, and encrypted files.
Vertex’s new pain drug gets first coverage nod from major insurer
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager owned by UnitedHealth Group, placed Journavx on some of its commercial formularies in an interim decision while a formal review continues.
Survey Confirms Majority of Healthcare Orgs Plan to Increase Cybersecurity Investment
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 6, 2025
An annual survey of healthcare leaders by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has revealed that more than half of healthcare organizations (55%) plan to increase cybersecurity spending in 2025. Twenty-one percent say budgets are largely unchanged year over year, and four percent plan to spend less on cybersecurity than in 2024.
Investing in liquefied natural gas stocks
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
Exports are projected to grow tremendously long-term
The importance of risk assessments
Physicians Practice
MARCH 6, 2025
Andrea Greco, SVP of healthcare safety at CENTEGIX, explains why risk assessments are so important for medical practices.
Study finds mental health disorders in COPD patients often undiagnosed, undertreated
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
Undertreated depression and anxiety may be making patient COPD symptoms worse
Supreme Court Declines Petition to Take on Data Breach Case Against South Carolina FQHC
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 6, 2025
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case about whether a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is immune from liability over data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information of patients.Sandhills Medical Foundation is an FQHC that serves patients in the Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and Sumter Counties in South Carolina. Sandhills used a vendor (Netgain Technologies) for electronic storage of its scheduling, billing, and reporting systems.
GLP-1 monthly price reductions; promising non-opioid pain medication; combination of exercise and healthy eating ‘best protection’ against heart diseases in women – Morning Medical Update
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
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WHO: Rates Of Drowning Deaths Have Dropped 38% Since 2000. Here’s How
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 6, 2025
The World Health Organization published its first-ever report on drowning prevention and included a major success story, a 38% drop in the global drowning death rates
What’s new across Practice Index – February 2025 roundup
Practice Index
MARCH 6, 2025
Despite February being the shortest month of the year, it was busier than ever in general practice. We brought you an exclusive report on the role of Practice Managers in patient outcomes, and the result of the Salary Calculator survey revealing practices needed to find 550m to abate the impact of the upcoming NI and NLW rise. Read anything you missed in our helpful roundup.
The top 3 impacts of Trump’s health data purge
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
Interrupted access to health-related data has already led to worse outcomes and could undermine faith in the U.S. healthcare system, experts say.
Blood, s**t, p**s and pus
Sensible Medicine
MARCH 6, 2025
There are two groups of workers at hospitals and medical centers. There are those of us who, at times in our daily work, come into contact with blood, s**t, p**s and pus and there are those who don't. The first time I put my hand in blood was when I was a medical student and didn't see the pooling puddle on the patient’s bed. The last time I came into contact with p**s was on rounds in the last month.
DOJ drops lawsuit seeking to protect emergency access to abortion in Idaho
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
The Justice Department dropped its Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act case against Idaho on Wednesday. However, one health system will continue the legal fight to preserve emergency abortions in the state.
MedPAC hammers out recommendation on doctors’ reimbursement in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
Reimbursement based on Medicare Economic Index, updated cost data, settings all in play.
Consumers Are Financially Stressed – What This Means for Health/Care in 2025
Health Populi
MARCH 6, 2025
People define health across many life-flows: physical health, mental health, social health, appearance (“how I look impacts how I feel”) and, to be sure, financial well-being. In tracking this last health factor for U.S. consumers, several pollsters are painting a picture of financially-stressed Americans as President Trump tallies his first six weeks into the job.
Find your freedom: Practical strategies for physicians returning to independent practice
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
A look at how to make the transition
Following FDA cuts, Trump nominee Makary vows ‘independent’ staff review
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 6, 2025
The Johns Hopkins surgeon highlighted rapid growth at the agency, but pledged key staff will have “all the resources they need to do their job well.
FDA nominee Makary faces scrutiny over vaccine, drug controversies
Medical Economics
MARCH 6, 2025
HELP Committee Senators press Trumps FDA pick on the cancelled vaccine advisory meeting, mifepristone access, transparency and agency layoffs.
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