Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, has agreed to pay $1.75 million to former employees to resolve allegations that it did not provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, including failing to provide reassignment. 

CVS Health said it plans to "move the needle on preventive care" by continuing to expand primary healthcare and using analytics and technology to reach patients where they are.

Optum has big plans for two Seattle-based physician practices it acquired in 2019.

Becker's has reported on eight hospital bankruptcies so far in 2023, most of them smaller rural facilities. Some of the facilities remain non-operational, having closed before bankruptcy filings, but most have remained open as, in some cases, they look for partnerships to help right the ship.

Mayo Clinic Arizona, based in Phoenix, has named Bhavik Patel, MD, as its new chief AI officer. 

Bay Shore, N.Y.-based South Shore University Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, is set to break ground on a new $468 million pavilion, Newsday reported Sept. 19.

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine researchers found Clostridioides difficile infections have more to do with patient characteristics than hospital transmission and that the infection may not be spreading the way previously believed.

Police said the patient who allegedly put a Rhode Island nurse in the hospital attacked him over phone privileges, ABC affiliate WPRI reported Sept. 18.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health opened urgent care centers in Fairfield and Hamilton, Ohio on Sept. 13, with two more to open in the coming weeks, local news outlet KWRC reported Sept. 18. 

Amazon is deciding whether to tie the primary care services of acquired One Medical to its Prime membership program, Insider first reported Sept. 18.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care is moving into its new $660 million hospital campus, which will begin accepting patients Sept. 23, according to ABC affiliate WEAR News.

Here are three recent layoffs in the biotech sector that Becker's has reported on since July 25:

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen said that the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare lags behind other industries, Nashville Business Journal reported Sept. 19. 

Scott Kashman was named president of Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside in Jacksonville, Fla., part of St. Louis-based Ascension.

A number of fad terms have gained traction in recent years to describe workplace trends, such as "grumpy staying," "quiet quitting" and "bare minimum Mondays." Members of Generation Z in entry-level jobs have often coined these phrases in reaction to increased dissatisfaction at work. Some employees are also expressing their dissatisfaction by "rage applying."

American Physician Partners, a medical staffing company based in Brentwood, Tenn., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it winds down its business.

A new report from the Lown Institute, an independent healthcare think tank, measures how well more than 3,100 U.S. hospitals serve people of color in their surrounding communities. 

Kevin Jenkins recently began serving as CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health's Utah market and CEO of Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake, and he brings years of leadership experience to the role.

National Nurses United's recent scrutiny over the CDC's proposed masking standards in hospitals is the latest example of the two entities not seeing eye to eye on infection control.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health CIO Kash Patel told Becker's that the health system has created a process to ensure that its artificial intelligence algorithms are equitable.