The CDC has announced that starting May 1, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity or hospital occupancy data.

The World Health Organization updated its classification of airborne diseases last month in a move expected to influence infection control policies globally. However, it's unclear whether the CDC will consider these changes in its final masking guidelines for healthcare facilities, KFF Health News reported May 1.

Johnson & Johnson plans to settle 99.75% of claims alleging its talc-based baby powder products led to ovarian cancer, the company said May 1. 

Epic says it winnowed its noncompete list to a "few dozen" health IT companies after leadership realized how large the index had grown.

San Francisco and New York City top the list of the best cities for startups, according to PitchBook.

CIOs' top priority over the next one to three years will be driving business innovation, according to a recent CIO survey.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health's Children's & Women's Hospital appointed Manimaran Ramani, MD, its inaugural chief medical officer.

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has named Keith Jones as its new CIO. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems was the first health system to partner with and buy medicines manufactured by Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., and expects the partnership to result in significant advantages for its hospitals.

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital plans to add 130 beds and hire more than 300 employees to address increased capacity pressures in the wake of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's 2022 closure, according to a certificate of need application filed April 1. 

From the conviction of a New Jersey physician for submitting more than $5.4 million in fraudulent claims to the indictment of a Mississippi man for his role in a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's reported since April 9:   

Boards of health systems face an expanding range of concerns, decision-making and subjects, and they are evolving in many ways based on today's governance priorities and challenges. 

CVS Health cut its earnings guidance for 2024 based on rising medical costs. 

In the first quarter, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare sold nine hospitals while its outpatient business United Surgical International Partners acquired 45 ambulatory surgery centers and added 32 service lines. 

St. Louis-based Ascension named Saurabh Tripathi executive vice president and CFO on April 29 to succeed Liz Foshage, who is retiring in September.

From updates on the Change Healthcare cyberattack to Tower Health outsourcing its revenue cycle operations, here are seven RCM headlines to know from April: 

Cross Hospitals broke ground on Tucson (Ariz.) Rehabilitation Hospital.

Drew Hartmann was named CFO of Jacksonville-based HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

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

Three California hospitals and three New York hospitals made the list of the 10 nationwide to receive an "F" grade in The Leapfrog Group's spring safety rankings, released May 1.