Last March, Walmart Health said it would add 28 locations by the end of 2024 in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Kansas City, Mo.

Over the past few weeks, arbitrators have ordered New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to pay more than $2 million in fines for understaffing nurses in units at three of its hospitals, the New York State Nurses Association said in a Feb. 20 news release.

Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kan., has named Marley Koons CEO. 

The gig economy is gaining momentum, and more than one-third of clinicians are taking advantage.

Paul Grone, vice president and CIO of the Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati, is set to retire in June. 

Nurses at UChicago Medicine voted Feb. 20 to authorize a strike if negotiations between management and the nurses' union fail to reach an agreement. 

There were a "lot of eyes" on a recent financial press release from Lyft — but none of them caught an extra zero that temporarily sent the company's stock soaring more than 60%. 

A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.

St. Louis-based Ascension continues to improve its operating performance and aims to ensure long-term sustainability for the health system on the back of a $3 billion operating loss in fiscal year 2023. 

Recent data showed hospital margins nationally moving toward pre-pandemic levels as organizations adjust and think strategically amid a new environment. However, it is unclear how hospitals will fare throughout 2024, and there is anecdotal evidence that a number of facilities continue to make tough decisions amid financial headwinds.  

Arizona Googled the term "nurse burnout" the most out of all states, a Betternurse.org study found.

NYU Langone Health has received a $75 million donation from the Julia Koch Family Foundation to open a new ambulatory care center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

From the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations covering an alleged scheme that could be costing Medicare $2 billion to a telemedicine company owner pleading guilty to a $110 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's reported since Feb. 5: 

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center is the first site in the Midwest to launch a phase 2 clinical trial to test a pancreatic cancer vaccine.

The District of Columbia has the most hospital beds per 1,000 population of all U.S. states, while Washington has the fewest for the second year in a row, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released.

Legislation introduced in Oregon aims to address violence against hospital workers, according to The Lund Report.

Brian Dietz has chosen to step down as president and CEO of Macomb, Ill.-based McDonough District Hospital, effective Feb. 20.

Providers, facilities and air ambulance companies prevailed in 77% of No Surprises Act payment determinations in the first half of 2023. 

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses launched a knowledge assessment tool, Feb. 13 to more easily find knowledge gaps and personalize new training to streamline onboarding time for ICU nurses. 

The ability to afford unexpected medical bills and the cost of healthcare services top the list of Americans' financial concerns headed into the 2024 presidential election.