California, Pennsylvania and 13 other states filed a lawsuit Feb. 24 against HHS, alleging the agency’s recent changes to the CDC’s vaccine recommendations were illegal. In early January, HHS transformed the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule, which previously recommended vaccines for…
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ credit rating was downgraded to “AA-” from “AA” by Fitch. The downgrade reflects several years of weak operating performance at the integrated health system that “consistently fell short of management’s expectations,” Fitch said in a…
In February, CMS released a final report on its Accountable Health Communities model, which launched in 2017 and ran until 2023. The model focused on addressing “upstream drivers of health,” or social determinants, for Medicaid and original Medicare beneficiaries. These…
St. Louis-based Mercy recorded an operating income of $176.1 million (3.3% operating margin) in the first half of fiscal 2026, up from an operating loss of $19.1 million (-0.4% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Feb.…
Dena Caltrider has been named vice president of operations for HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Fla., according to a Feb. 24 LinkedIn post. The hospital is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Prior to her new role, Ms.…
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Trevor Brand was appointed CEO of Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, which operates campuses in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. Mr. Brand will assume the role March 30 and serve as dyad partner to Ursula Boynton, MD, chief medical…
Health systems have been demoing and exploring the adoption of Epic’s new AI scribe that will likely reshape the ambient clinical documentation market. Epic released AI Charting in early February, intensifying competition in the growing market for AI tools that…
If healthcare IT were golf, CIOs would take a few mulligans. Choosing and installing an EHR is often one of the biggest, most complicated decisions IT leaders will ever make, and some executives told Becker’s they would do things differently…
Lindy White has been named CEO of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., effective Feb. 26. She will succeed Philip Greene, MD, who shared plans to step down as CEO, according to a Feb. 24 news release. Frye Regional…
In the high-stakes environment of acute care, communication is as critical as any clinical tool. Statistics show that nearly 40% of serious medical errors are attributed to communication failures—a sobering reality for hospitals juggling siloed departments, fragmented systems, and complex…
