Beaumont Health and Henry Ford Health System each want to build a new hospital in Oxford, Mich., but state regulators will allow only one hospital to be built.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health reached a new agreement with Anthem Blue Cross of California, the companies said March 20.

Becker's Hospital Review is pleased to recognize 32 chief population health officers at hospitals and health systems across the country.

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System saw its revenue and net income improve in the 2018 fiscal year, according to recent financial documents.

A Connecticut physician was sentenced March 18 to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of healthcare fraud and one count of money laundering in September 2018, according to the Department of Justice.

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tenn., named Joe Gleason COO, according to a Rutherford Source report.

Humana plans to extend its senior-focused primary care network to more cities, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.

New state data suggests Medicaid beneficiaries who face work requirements haven't found jobs and likely don't have health insurance, according to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

University of Illinois at Chicago has publicly denied its failure to oversee a troubled clinical trial involving adolescents, but newly obtained documents show the university did acknowledge some shortfalls to federal investigators, according to an investigative report from ProPublica Illinois.

While the workplace wellness industry generates $8 billion in annual revenue, a recent study found little evidence that the programs lower healthcare costs or change employee behavior within a year, according to Scientific American.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center named Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, its inaugural chief health equity officer.

Hutchinson (Minn.) Health tapped James Lyons to serve as president, effective April 12.

Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women's and Children in Metairie, La., is changing its name to Tulane Lakeside Hospital to better reflect the expansion of its adult services, including the addition of an adult intensive care unit.

Working while sick with influenza-like illness may be common in training programs at hospitals, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System appointed Kevin B. Mahoney CEO, effective July 1.

Medical interns, residents and fellows at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center walked off the job for 15 minutes March 19 to protest for higher pay, among other demands, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

Massachusetts legislators introduced four bills that would require payers to provide coverage for telemedicine services, according to the National Law Review.

In the last two months several pharma giants announced or completed deals to expand their portfolio of gene therapy treatments.  

DrChrono, an EHR, medical billing and practice management software developer, is offering a free trial of its mobile, cloud-based EHR platform.

A former senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official is now a paid adviser to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, which is facing numerous lawsuits for its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic, according to NBC News.