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Epidemiologists are warning that the recent rise in measles cases could portend other disease outbreaks, The Washington Post reported Feb. 24.  As of Feb. 12, five new measles outbreaks have been reported across the country in 2026, according to the…

Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, Calif., has established a regional campus partnership with Kettering (Ohio) Health. The state of Ohio formally recognized the health system as a regional campus of the medical school in January.…

Drug pricing in 2026 is being reshaped at the pharmacy counter, in federal agencies and in courtrooms — all at once. Within a single month, CMS finalized another round of Medicare price cuts affecting $42.5 billion in annual Part D…

Hospitals and health systems — including academic medical centers — are expanding their C-suites with inaugural executive roles aimed at strengthening clinical, digital and operational leadership. Editor’s note: This webpage was created Feb. 25 and will be continually updated. Here…

As hospitals nationwide contend with margin pressure and persistent workforce shortages, 56 health systems were named to Forbes‘ annual list of America’s Best Large Employers. Leaders from several of those organizations told Becker’s they have deliberately protected — and in…

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has signed on as the first “Founding Partner” of Hartford’s newly renamed PeoplesBank Arena, expanding the health system’s branding presence in Connecticut, Hartford Business Journal reported Feb. 25. Oak View Group, which manages the city-owned arena, announced…

About four years ago, York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health made a shift that would result in millions saved in total cost of care: It turned its population health department into a systemwide strategy. “A lot of systems have a population health…

Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health recorded an operating income of $8.7 million (0.6% operating margin) in the first half of fiscal 2026, up from an operating loss of $8.9 million (-0.7% margin) during the same period last year.  Total…

A Maine bill aims to cap how much hospitals can charge insurers for services in an effort to make healthcare more affordable, but health system executives in the state argue the legislation would lead to service cuts and closures, the…

The National Institutes of Health awarded $19.297 billion to 145 medical schools in fiscal 2025, according to data published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.  The fiscal 2025 funding was only slightly higher than fiscal 2024, which saw…