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CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program.  The agency explicitly incorporated scope-of-practice reform and licensure compacts into its funding methodology for the…

The healthcare sector is facing a decisive moment. While nursing shortages continue to dominate national conversations and pressure patient care teams, an equally destabilizing challenge sits upstream: instability within the clinical faculty model responsible for preparing the next generation of…

Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health, Michigan State University in East Lansing, and nonprofit biotech organization Every Cure are partnering to advance research into a decades-old drug, difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), as a potential treatment for Bachmann-Bupp syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental…

Susan Brooks, BSN, RN, has been appointed executive vice president and chief nursing officer of Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center. Ms. Brooks joins the independent 171-bed medical center from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health, where she served as CNO and…

UK St. Claire in Morehead, Ky., has undergone significant medical services expansion and workforce development since it joined Lexington-based UK HealthCare in July 2024. At the time of integration, St. Claire HealthCare featured its 139-bed hospital, seven primary care locations,…

Allison Schuler, MSN, has been appointed CEO and chief nursing officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala in Kosciusko, Miss. She brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the role, according to a Jan. 7 LinkedIn post from Memphis, Tenn.-based…

Medicare enacted 10 negotiated drug prices for some of the nation’s costliest prescription medications Jan. 1. However, years before the new prices launched, pharmaceutical companies widely altered their pricing strategies, according to a Dec. 18 Vizient report.  The Inflation Reduction…

As the U.S. confronts one of its most severe flu seasons, Tamiflu, a common antiviral medication to treat influenza, is in shortage in pockets across the country, Bloomberg reported Jan. 7.  In Utah, where flu activity is high, pharmacists are…

GoodRx has named 20 medications and vaccines as the most influential FDA approvals of 2025, spotlighting first-in-class drugs, new indications, and therapies with the potential to significantly affect public health. 1. Nereus (tradipitant) for motion sickness: Approved Dec. 30, Nereus…

Primary care providers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have joined the Mercy Health Select Accountable Care Organization. The partnership took effect Jan. 1 is expected to improve care coordination and outcomes for Medicare patients, health…