Pauls Valley, Okla.-based Valley Community Hospital closed Jan. 8, KTEN reported Jan. 9.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has named Arnette Marbella vice president of revenue cycle, according to a Jan. 8 post on her LinkedIn page. 

Suki raised $70 million in its latest funding round after adding more than 12 hospital and health system partners.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has lined up plans to acquire 12 hospitals this year and is open to the possibility of further acquisitions should the opportunities make sense. 

Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Health System has named Kristian Spear administrator of Memorial Hospital Biloxi (Miss.) effective Feb. 1. 

New CEOs have been selected at hospitals operated by HCA Healthcare, a for-profit health system based in Nashville, Tenn.

Jose Baez-Escudero, MD, in November stepped into his role as the first systemwide chief of cardiology at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, where he also now serves as chief of cardiac electrophysiology.

Three active wildfires started in Los Angeles County on Jan. 7, burning across thousands of acres and spurring tens of thousands of evacuations. Here are four things to know about the wildfires and their effects on hospitals in the city.

SSM Health has named Paige Bass and David Hartenbach, MD, to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1.

The Joint Commission has enhanced its survey process for 2025, after calls from member organizations to alleviate administrative burden with more modernized and improved tools.

Nanette Logan, DNP, has been named CEO of Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va.

Nurses at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., have voted to remove the Minnesota Nurses Association as their bargaining representative.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has filed felony neglect criminal charges against two employees at Terra Alta, W.Va.-based Hopemont Hospital following the death of a non-verbal patient in January 2024.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill into law on Jan. 8 aimed at improving transparency in the healthcare industry following bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care's exit from the state.

A study found a connection between an earlier diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes and a heightened risk of developing dementia, particularly for individuals with obesity. 

Lee Health Chief Nursing Officer Jennifer Higgins, DNP, told Becker's that the organization will continue to invest in home-based care, starting with its hospital-at-home program, which brings hospital-level treatment directly to patients' homes.

It's been just over a month since the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry and exposed public frustrations with insurers. In the aftermath, tensions have escalated, with healthcare organizations facing additional threats of violence amid calls for meaningful change.

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association are set to begin a five-day strike Jan. 20 at Lansing-based University of Michigan Health-Sparrow.

The COVID-19 pandemic years were marked by significant staffing shortages, but more recently, many major health systems have seen nurse staffing levels stabilize. While a welcome trend, recruitment and retention remain core priorities for healthcare C-suites to build on that stabilization in the year ahead, as the nation still faces a projected deficit of more than 63,000 nurses by 2030.

AdventHealth Parker in Colorado plans to add a patient tower as part of a $300 million expansion.