Valor Health in Emmett, Idaho, is facing its financial headwinds as a rural hospital with a focus on what its community needs most, The Emmett Messenger Index reported March 21.

Eighteen U.S. CEOs helming healthcare, health insurance and pharmaceutical companies were named among the 200 most influential CEOs in the world, according to CEOWorld Magazine. 

As tensions heat up surrounding 340B, UC San Diego Health said the federal program — which aims to lower prescription drug prices for hospitals that treat low-income and uninsured patients — is a "vital lifeline."

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has updated its Oracle Cerner EHR system and has fixed some of its usability issues, according to a statement from the VA published March 21 by NBC Right Now, which is based in Yakima, Wash.

Nurse executives and senior nurse leaders from 10 U.S. health systems will soon be selected to participate in a new one-year fellowship in which they'll have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to key challenges at their organization. 

The monthslong shortage of Ozempic — a type 2 diabetes drug popularized by TikTok trends and celebrity use for its off-label use for weight loss — has seen a reprieve, according to the FDA. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has appointed two hospital CEOs within its West Florida Division, effective May 1. 

Essentia Health's Miller Hill surgery center and pharmacy in Duluth, Minn., are set to reopen March 22 after a roof collapse at the Miller Hill Mall where its facilities are located forced closure.

Unlike ChatGPT, Google's artificial intelligence chatbot, Bard, tends to avoid medical questions, The New York Times reported March 21.

Information security leaders from Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine told Becker's they're fighting data breaches by working together.

Patients and former employees are still grappling with unpaid wages and hospital bills a year after private-equity backed Noble Health abruptly shuttered two rural hospitals in Missouri, Kaiser Health News reported March 22.

EHR giant Epic is partnering with medical genetics company Invitae to make genetic test results available through Aura, Epic's specialty diagnostics suite.

Lanham, Md.-based Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center and Diagnostic Imaging Associates have agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. 

The MetroHealth System in Cleveland and its board of trustees have filed a motion to dismiss retaliation and intimidation claims from its former president and CEO, Law360 reported March 20. Akram Boutros, MD, was fired after allegedly authorizing more than $1.9 million in supplemental bonuses for himself without notifying the board.

Pfizer Ventures co-led a $123 million series B financing round for Flare Therapeutics, a biotech company working to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases.

The dust is settling on the national nursing degree scheme, but many questions still linger, with the most pressing being: Who are these nurses, and where are they practicing? As investigations continue and disciplinary actions are taken, another intriguing question has emerged: How were so many nurses able to pass the National Council Licensure Examination? 

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center is trying a less invasive treatment for prostate cancer that does not necessitate removal of the organ, CBS Philadelphia reported March 21.

Drug shortages, which increased nearly 30 percent from 2021 to 2022, pose health and national security risks, according to a new report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

The American Hospital Association has pushed back against proposed site-neutral payment cuts, arguing that they would reduce access to key healthcare services, particularly in rural and underserved communities.

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