Top Stories of the Week

Here are the developments that marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here.

• Stability in Medicaid. Bigger is better. Rural hospitals need to mimic urban counterparts. These are among the assumptions CEOs are rethinking as they adjust to changing hospital economics.
• "Do more with less" is a mandate familiar to all hospitals and health systems. But how — specifically — are they accomplishing that? Becker's gathered insights from leaders from every state and Washington, D.C.
• More health systems are taking employee housing into their own hands.
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• Steward Health Care filed a lawsuit against its former CEO and other top system executives, claiming they conducted insider transactions that contributed to Steward's financial collapse. 
• An HHS agency has directed the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to improve national monitoring and to reopen an investigation into a Kentucky-based organ procurement organization. 
• A number of health systems are situated in areas identified as hiring hot spots, and 10 leaders shared their strategies to attract relocating talent.
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• Humana is accelerating its efforts to reform the prior authorization process through a series of new policies, following the broader insurance industry’s pledge to streamline such requirements.
• Among individuals without stable insurance coverage, emergency departments are often the healthcare safety net of last resort — and Medicaid cuts could put EDs under more strain. 
• A shift in Oregon Health and Science University's supply chain strategy has helped it realize $20 million in savings.
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