Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital found that the "concerning rise" in nonsmoking lung cancer cases could be due to radon gas.

The U.S. filed a lawsuit against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, alleging the New York-based drugmaker of inflating Medicare reimbursement rates for Eylea, the Justice Department said. 

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a formal complaint against St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., indicting it on multiple charges related to nurse management and staffing concerns. 

For Bert O'Malley, MD, president and CEO of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center, innovation is more than just a buzzword in healthcare.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's this year:

National Association of ACOs President and CEO Clif Gaus, ScD, will retire this fall from the organization, which he co-founded in 2012. 

The VA aims to resume its Oracle Health EHR rollout before the end of fiscal year 2025, after pausing the $16 billion initiative in 2023, Nextgov reported April 11. 

The Regional Center for Border Health plans to spend up to $70 million to open the first-ever hospital in San Luis, Ariz., local news outlet KYMA reported April 11. 

St. Mary's Health System will close its oncology practice, St. Mary's Center For Cancer and Blood Disorders, on July 1, ABC affiliate WMTW reported April 12.

A former employee has taken responsibility for a 2023 data breach at Springfield, Mo.-based Jordan Valley Community Health Center, CBS affiliate KOLR reported April 11. 

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission is still waiting on "key material" to review the proposed sale of Dallas-based Steward Health Care subsidiary Stewardship Health, the parent of Stewardship Health Medical Group, to UnitedHealth Group's subsidiary Optum. 

Patient portal messages make up only a small percentage of the healthcare services providers bill for, a new study found.

Nearly one-third of U.S. measles cases reported since 2020 have occurred this year, the CDC said in an April 11 report. 

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Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit health system, established its Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence on April 11. 

Massena (N.Y.) Hospital, a 25-bed facility that is part of St. Lawrence Heath, has converted into a critical access hospital. 

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Prime Healthcare Foundation's rating on a series of bonds from "BBB" to "BBB+" with its rating outlook at stable. 

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is happy when her employees don't know what EBIDTA stands for.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is increasingly hiring nurses to work from home.

Clinicians said improving staffing ratios and increasing annual salary could have the biggest effect on quality of care for patients, according to an April 11 Soliant Health report.