U.S. News & World Report released its "2022 Best Global Universities Rankings" on Oct. 25, including the top universities worldwide for economics and business.

Amid health system and state COVID-19 vaccination requirements, workers have been fired for noncompliance, and some have resigned or quit. 

Alan Levine, chair and CEO of Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, is slated to testify Oct. 26 before the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported higher revenue but a lower profit in the third quarter of 2021. 

Cleveland-based health systems are offering incentive pay to nurses as they face staffing challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to cleveland.com, a news and information website.

The effect of vaccination mandates and the COVID-19 pandemic have often been discussed from the angle of employees who have left their organizations and their managers, but the effect on executive hiring is less explored. Becker's spoke to an executive search hiring manager at WittKieffer to understand how the pandemic has changed executive recruitment in healthcare.

From EHRs that span several years to deals that surpass billions of dollars, here are the eight most notable EHR go-lives Becker's Hospital Review reported in 2021.

Phoenix Children's Hospital inadvertently listed the names of 368 employees exempt from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate in an email to staff about new protocols, CBS affiliate KPHO-TV reported Oct. 22. 

Here are nine companies Becker's Hospital Review has covered that have unveiled telehealth strategies in 2021.

HCA Healthcare has appointed Michael Cuffe, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer, effective Jan. 1, 2022. He will replace Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, who is leaving to become president of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based healthcare accreditor The Joint Commission.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Health, a 431-bed, Trinity Health-owned hospital, is the latest in the network to alert patients of a looming contract termination deadline. 

Anthem is asking Virginia state regulators to investigate alleged anticompetitive behavior from Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare after the provider threatened to end its contract with Anthem's Medicare and Medicaid lines of business. 

A jury returned a 50-count indictment against an Arizona physician relating to an alleged $50 million fraudulent healthcare billing scheme, the Justice Department said Oct. 22. 

For-profit hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings said it is conducting a strategic review of Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health but that it may not result in a sale of the four-hospital system as previously reported, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Benjamin Breier will step down from his role as CEO of Kindred Healthcare following the company's sale to Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health at the end of the year. 

Nearly seven years ago, Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent Health was on the verge of bankruptcy and closure, an experience many rural hospitals struggle with. In September, it opened its brand-new facility, CBS Denver reported Oct. 21.

Three health system CEOs shared with Becker's what their No. 1 priorities are for next year.

Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Froedtert Health acquired an 80 percent controlling interest of Manitowoc, Wis.-based Holy Family Memorial for $29.9 million, according to the health system's recent financial disclosure.

National Nurses United released a letter Oct. 21 calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the proposed sale of five Steward Health Care hospitals in Salt Lake City to HCA Healthcare, citing concerns about increases in prices and decline in quality care. 

Kevin Burns is executive vice president, CFO and chief business officer of Houston Methodist, an eight-hospital system with more than 26,000 employees.