Alex Kacik

Senior reporter covering operations for @modrnhealthcr. You'll also find me playing with dogs and/or throwing a Frisbee.

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

#AI has promised to make healthcare simpler, but wringing the kinks out of the emerging technology is testing clinicians’ trust.

Read more here: https://t.co/TTAL6LnRSz via @modrnhealthcr

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

In September, the @FTC sent noncompete-focused warning letters to undisclosed companies. I filed a FOIA request, which showed some of the biggest hospital chains — HCA, Tenet and UHS — are among 19 companies on the FTC's radar.

https://t.co/C7FyqFTfyS via @modrnhealthcr

[Modern Healthcare @modrnhealthcr]

Insurance market shake-up spurs interest from integrated systems https://t.co/Gu4dwfLKzw

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

@JMWarehouse_ We got Ice 6-5

[Gabriel Perna @GabrielSPerna]

#ICYMI last night Optum is buying troubled Steward Physician Group via @alex_kacik

https://t.co/GxJaxPWEOE

[Community Oncology @oncologyCOA]

Private equity-backed consolidation divides physicians - from @modrnhealthcr @alex_kacik

https://t.co/M40SlmMuGs

[Brittany Trang @brittanytrang]

Good story from @alex_kacik (despite the positioning in the hed) about why rural emergency hospital designation uptake has been so slow:

The tradeoffs include giving up swing beds and 340B savings

https://t.co/CPsHCeOZEy

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[Anand Parekh, MD, MPH @AParekh_UM]

Not perfect, but a step in the right direction. Since 2018, @BPC_Bipartisan has recommended rightsizing health care services to fit community needs:

https://t.co/XdoarFjHYu

How CMS' rural pay model has helped hospitals: https://t.co/7zh0WuBkkO via @modrnhealthcr @alex_kacik

[Caroline Hudson @ce_hudson_mh]

Hello from SF! On the ground with @alex_kacik this week at @jpmorgan's 42nd annual healthcare conference. Don't forget to follow along for real-time updates from the MH team. #JPM2024 https://t.co/b83gAovR9s

[Ge Bai @GeBaiDC]

Story by @alex_kacik @modrnhealthcr: https://t.co/DRy0KpNGgi

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A Brighton Park family is raising money after a Chicago journalist was killed in a house fire. https://t.co/Jif9s2cKXc

[Employers' Forum of Indiana @EmplyrsForumIN]

Employers have hit a tipping point, as @alex_kacik of @modrnhealthcr reports. @GloriaSachdev and her peers are setting a new policy agenda.

Follow experts like @ChrisSkisak, @lizzymitch2, @cademars, and @D_Giambalvo to see the progress in their states.

https://t.co/DZLmELVGN5

[Nona Tepper @ntepper90]

ICYMI: Providers, payers and patients’ inevitable fight over virtual care access and pay has come to fruition.

https://t.co/RqmdJBZGEu via @modrnhealthcr w/ @alex_kacik

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

Since October, at least a dozen hospital transactions have been proposed or completed involving buyers or sellers across the Midwest.

https://t.co/QXgY91woJN via @modrnhealthcr w/ visual from @TimBroderick

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

Sanford and Fairview just announced that they scrapped their proposed merger. It's their second failed merger attempt over the past decade. We got a tip yesterday that an announcement was coming, and got this story ready:

https://t.co/i55QzUByI4 via @modrnhealthcr

[Caroline Hudson @ce_hudson_mh]

About 9 months after announcing a planned merger, @mfldclinic and @EssentiaHealth take a key step forward (via my colleague, @alex_kacik) https://t.co/TrMvXzIUAx

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

Many hospitals receive millions of dollars a year in 340B drug discounts, a program created to help safety-net hospitals reach more patients. The program has grown exponentially, spreading program dollars across tens of thousands of hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

Thank you to @saynikpay, @khemp64, @GeBaiDC, @LawAndDogs and Gary Young at @Northeastern for helping us tell the story.

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

Many hospitals receive millions of dollars a year in 340B drug discounts, a program created to help safety-net hospitals reach more patients. The program has grown exponentially, spreading program dollars across tens of thousands of hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.

[Alex Kacik @alex_kacik]

The 340B program should be adjusted to better serve safety-net hospitals, #healthcare policy experts and economists said. Here’s the story from @TimBroderick and I: https://t.co/ddPwDpHk2o via @modrnhealthcr