Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health, the system's parent company, are planning a $1 billion, 10-year transformation project for Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Health System will receive $45 million as it is experiencing cash flow issues due to the Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, News 12 reported April 3. 

Sanofi has agreed to settle about 4,000 lawsuits alleging that the drugmaker failed to warn patients of cancer risks tied to its heartburn drug Zantac, The Wall Street Journal reported April 3.

On April 2, a judge sentenced three defendants to federal prison for their roles in running a coordinated scheme to sell thousands of fake diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses. 

The recipient of the world's first genetically-edited pig kidney was discharged from Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital on April 3, a mere 18 days after undergoing the groundbreaking transplant.

It's been a busy transition into April for hospital and health system CFOs.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has shared plans to build a $442 million advanced neurological and neurosurgical care center next to its CPMC Mission Bernal Campus in San Francisco.

Hackers tried to steal files on a cancer treatment to hold for ransom in a recent cyberattack on Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope, databreaches.net reported.

While health officials say the threat avian flu poses to humans remains low, the situation is being closely monitored and taken "very seriously," the CDC director told ABC News in an April 3 report — days after a person in Texas tested positive for bird flu.

Novant Health's office of patient experience has selected Roxie Cannon Wells, MD, as chief physician executive officer, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based system said April 4.

David Schultz was named president of hospital operations for Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's physician practices and urgent care centers can now refer patients to psychiatric care through their EHR system. 

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System has informed furloughed employees that their employment will end in early May, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's.

Katie Dickens has been named chief digital and information officer of Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, a 46-hospital system, has joined Hall of Fame Health as its exclusive partner in the Gulf South region. 

American workers are 400% more productive than they were when the Fair Labor Standards Act established a 40-hour workweek in 1940. But CEOs — not employees — are reaping the fruits of that labor, according to a March 19 opinion article in The Washington Post. 

UnitedHealth Group initially gave few details about the Change Healthcare hack then tried to recruit providers to act as spokespeople for its loan program, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require hospitals to use their own names when suing patients over unpaid medical bills, ABC affiliate KJCT reported April 3. 

In 2024, CEOs are striking a balance between two self-presentations: strong and soft. 

The benchmark for an "upper middle class" salary differs drastically from city to city. In West Coast tech hubs, it takes an income of more than $200,000 to achieve the same status as someone earning around $60,000 in certain Midwest cities, according to an April 2 study from GoBankingRates.