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Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health recent operating losses continued to cascade, reporting a $125.6 million such loss in the period ending March 31 on revenue of $2.8 billion.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System failed to meet its debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31 and was required to hire a consultant to recommend improvements as a result.

Phoenix-based Banner Health named Staci Dickerson CFO and executive vice president. 

An ongoing shortage of cancer drug cisplatin just got longer. 

CMS may have inadvertently made a common vascular procedure susceptible to abuse when it tried to make the procedure more affordable for hospitals and physicians — leading some to make millions, ProPublica reported May 24.

West Virginia employs the highest percentage of individuals in healthcare compared to its total workforce, according to new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The state also topped the list in 2022. 

A former physician at Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health has been found not guilty of manslaughter in a case involving a patient's fatal overdose, the Rochester Beacon reported May 26.

Nederland, Texas-based post-acute facility Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital closed and the 48 full-time clinical and non-clinical staff have been laid off, Fox affiliate KFDM reported May 26. 

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, reported an operating loss of $283.5 million for the first nine months of its fiscal year up to March 31.

The Centurion Foundation has submitted its application to the Rhode Island Department of Health state attorney general seeking approval to buy CharterCare Health Partners from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. 

A Pennsylvania physician was sentenced to six months in prison and one year of supervised release for his involvement in an opioid fraud scheme.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Columbus, Ohio, children's hospital with two violations and proposed a $18,000 fine after it found the hospital failed to protect its employees from violent patients.

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, Tenn., has appointed April Fox, DNP, MSN, chief nursing officer of two hospitals, ABC affiliate WATN-TV reported May 26.

Patient safety is often viewed from a lens inside medical center and hospital walls, but the leadership of pharmacists and decisions made along the medical supply chain also play a role, Londa Ritchey, the quality director at PharmaLex wrote in a May 25 article for PharmaPhorum.

Patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer had an 86 percent reduction in tumor size in a new study led by Verastem Oncology, according to a May 25 news release. 

As incidents of violence against physicians and nurses continue to rise, Ramin Davidoff, MD, the co-CEO of the Permanente Federation, a consulting organization for the eight Permanente Medical Groups, detailed how the organization is prioritizing physicians' safety both physically and mentally in a May 25 American Medical Association discussion.

Technology is driving rapid change in healthcare delivery, and systems are working overtime to keep up. But some CIOs on the forefront are thinking differently about what they'll need today to stay ahead of the curve.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's since Feb. 10:

Leigh Sewell stepped down as president of two hospitals belonging to Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health on May 12.