Nisha Mills has been named COO of HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, effective Nov. 1.

David Miller, MD, has been tapped as Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Michigan Medicine's next CEO. He will step into the role July 1.

From Walgreens agreeing to pay more than $100 million to settle false claims allegations, to a physician indicted in an alleged $32.7 million Medicare scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since Sept. 10: 

Microsoft has identified a financially driven hacking group that is deploying INC ransomware to attack the U.S. healthcare sector.

Despite the unceasing number of cyberattacks hitting healthcare, the industry has a large cybersecurity skills gap, according to the nonprofit International Information System Security Certification Consortium.

AI-powered chatbots and avatars are set to lead IT innovation, emerging as the top trend expected to shape the landscape in 2025, according to a Sept. 17 survey from Info-Tech Research Group.

A liver transplant surgeon at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center frequently altered patients' records in a national database, potentially preventing them from receiving transplants, according to CMS documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle. 

Two New York health systems are outsourcing their Epic implementations to allow them to switch to an EHR that is sometimes out of reach for smaller organizations.

A leukemia patient undergoing care at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has become one of the first in the world to receive a bone marrow transplant from a deceased human donor. 

The former senior vice president of healthcare delivery at Walmart has a new job.

Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health is moving to an Oracle Health EHR system, Daily Inter Lake reported Sept. 20. 

Christus Health Ark-La-Tex, part of Irving, Texas-based Christus Health, is assuming operations of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.

Hospitals' administrative costs are rapidly increasing as insurers increase prior authorization requirements and denials, according to Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association.

Vaccine hesitancy appears to be driving up infection rates among diseases like whooping cough, measles and COVID-19.

Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share the next steps in their technological journey.

Merger and acquisition activity is rebounding after a drop in deal volume during the pandemic, with many large health systems growing their hospital portfolios or planning to add more hospitals in the coming quarters.

Becker's asked chief pharmacy officers from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share the next steps in their technological journey.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has tentatively agreedto a three-year contract with Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston, averting a planned one-day strike.

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay this year.

At 44%, external hiring of CFOs has hit a 10-year high in 2024, according to a report from Crist Kolder Associates.