Alex Kacik

Modern Healthcare Staff

Alex Kacik

Reporter/Chicago

Operations, Supply Chain, Legal and Finance

Alex Kacik is the hospital operations reporter for Modern Healthcare in Chicago. Aside from hospital operations, he covers supply chain, legal and finance. Before joining Modern Healthcare in 2017, Kacik covered various business beats for seven years in the Santa Barbara, California region. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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Recent Stories

Healthcare construction primed to rebound faster than other sectors

While nonresidential construction is expected to continue to lag through much of 2021, healthcare is projected to rebound quicker than most sectors.

Supreme Court won't weigh in on False Claims Act standards case

The Supreme Court denied two petitions to clarify falsity thresholds under the False Claims Act, which could make it harder for providers to dismiss cases.

Humacyte to go public in merger that would create $1.1 billion company

Investors, including dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care, committed to a private investment in public equity of $175 million when the deal closes, expected in the second quarter.

Rising prescription copays drop adherence, spike mortality, research shows

A $10.40 increase in out-of-pocket costs per prescription was associated with a 22.6% drop in consumption and a 32.7% increase in monthly mortality rates.

Trinity Health's Mercy Hospital files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

In a Feb. 10 bankruptcy filing, Trinity Health claimed that operating losses averaged $5 million per month, totaling $30.2 million for the first six months of its fiscal 2021.

AdventHealth may be liable for non-employed physician, appellate court rules

A Florida appellate court revived a case involving whether AdventHealth was liable for care provided by an independent contractor.

The coronavirus next to puzzle pieces, silhouettes of people on a zoom call and with a question mark and dollar sign.

Zoom, pandemic complicating healthcare M&A

The once-in-a-lifetime crisis has changed the way providers discuss deals, write contracts and assess their potential partners.

Geisinger, Evangelical had no-poach agreements, nurses allege

Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital allegedly suppressed workers' wages by agreeing not to recruit each other's employees, according to a new lawsuit.

iPhone 12 can disable implanted cardiac devices, cardiologists warn

Henry Ford physicians found that the iPhone 12 can disable a defibrillator when placed close to a patient's chest.

Oregon sets first hospital-specific community benefit spending floor

Oregon is one of several states that have ratcheted up regulations on hospitals' community benefit spending as officials aim to hold them more accountable and increase transparency.

Providers push for drug price reform, ACA expansion

More than 30% of 140 healthcare provider executives polled recommended that the Biden administration focus on reducing drug prices, while nearly 25% advocated expanding the Affordable Care Act.

Hospitals get 'raw deal' as CMS rejects site-neutral pay cut exemptions

CMS rejected more than 60% of the exceptions that would preserve hospitals' higher reimbursement rates if they could prove their off-campus outpatient departments were in construction in 2015.