L.A. Care Health Plan is giving Avalon, Calif-based Catalina Island Health hospital a $2 million grant to help stay afloat as the hospital looks to make an affiliation arrangement. 

A union is accusing Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente of mishandling decisions about mental health services, the Los Angeles Times reported April 9. 

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health has partnered with Cincinnati-based Ensemble Health Partners to manage the health system's revenue cycle operations.

BayCare and St. Joseph's Children's Foundation received a $50 million gift from a Tampa family.

U.S. News & World Report has again pushed back the release date for its best medical schools rankings.

A machine learning model accurately predicted the risk of about 3 in 4 hospital-acquired pressure injuries, according to a new study. 

The U.S. might soon see an approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for adults younger than 60. 

PeaceHealth has named Kim Ruscher, MD, chief medical officer of its Oregon network, the Vancouver, Wash.-based system announced April 9. 

The National Quality Forum is aiming to modernize and standardize serious adverse event reporting via a new patient safety effort.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health appointed Craig Miller as its first system-level service line president.

Wallingford, Conn.-based Gaylord Specialty Healthcare recently appointed two executive positions.

The Lown Institute named the top hospitals for the largest fair share surpluses in 49 states.

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit watchdog of the private equity industry and Wall Street, has launched the Private Equity State Risk Index to assess the effects of private equity on different states.  

Christus Health plans to break ground on a freestanding emergency department in Henderson, Texas, on April 23. 

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania restricted Philips Respironics from producing and selling new respiratory devices from several facilities in the U.S., the FDA said April 9. 

Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers moved from four disparate EHR systems to a Meditech Expanse EHR system. 

Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston is halting its kidney transplant program days after announcing it would stop its liver transplant program, The Houston Chronicle reported April 9.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers pledged $3 million toward Enloe Health's upcoming comprehensive cancer center in Chico, Calif., the Enterprise-Record reported April 9.

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has retracted an additional study in the midst of an investigation into research that may include manipulated or duplicated images, NBC News reported April 9.