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. 

Medicare Advantage has grown rapidly in recent years, and now provides coverage to 55% of the nation's seniors, almost 34 million people. 

Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS five-star rating for care transitions.

Heidi Wald, MD, departed from her role as Intermountain Health's chief quality and safety officer Sept. 13, the system confirmed to Becker's. 

CMS' expansion of the two-midnight rule has had a "modest benefit" to Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the system's CFO Mike Marks said at the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference.

It is not often that a hospital president gets their start in an outside industry. For Marty Boryszak, the logistics of transporting packages proved to be beneficial experience for healthcare operations.

Ron Werft, president and CEO of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health, will retire in 2025 after 24 years at the helm. 

A pair of recent studies highlighted two potential new uses for metformin, a Type 2 diabetes drug. One points to the drug possibly helping people living with HIV, and another shows the drug could benefit adults who have long COVID-19. 

A new study suggests that some recently marketed migraine medications may not be more effective than standard painkillers for treating acute migraine episodes.  

UTHealth Houston has established a nursing research institute to expand nurse-led research efforts that directly affect patient care. 

The following leadership moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's this year: