Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health reported an operating income of $311.3 million (4.9% operating margin) in fiscal 2024, up from an operating income of $67.1 million (1.6% margin) in fiscal 2023. 

Becker's has reported on 118 chief nursing officer moves since the start of 2023. 

Ransomware attacks have imposed significant financial burdens on U.S. healthcare providers, with an estimated $21.9 billion lost to downtime alone since 2018, according to Comparitech.com.

Several major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, are set to raise prices on more than 250 branded medications in the U.S. starting Jan. 1, 2025, according to a Reuter's exclusive report. 

Black River Falls, Wis.-based Krohn Clinic, a multispecialty group, and Black River Memorial Hospital on Dec. 30 merged to create Black River Health.

CMS has issued fines to 17 hospitals for alleged price transparency violations. 

Amy Jibilian, MD, has been chief wellness officer at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network for a year and a half, but it's her 30 years of work as a pediatrician that has given her a keen understanding of the everyday challenges healthcare workers face. 

Joe Hernandez has been appointed CEO of HCA Healthcare's Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, effective Jan. 1.

Hospital workforces have undergone significant changes since the pandemic hit and organizations need strong talent pipelines for future growth. Los Angeles-based Keck Medical Center of USC, under the guidance of CEO Marty Sargeant, designed an innovative middle manager program to fulfill this need.

The relationship between health systems and payers has strained as inflation grows faster than reimbursement rates. Some health systems cut ties with certain payers amid contentious negotiations while others dropped Medicare Advantage plans. WVU Medicine took a different approach.

The best EHR vendors in North America prioritize interoperability, sophistication and cost, according to Black Book Research.

Many of the largest U.S. health systems increasingly pivoted toward artificial intelligence in 2024 for tasks such as clinical documentation and physician inbox management.

As 2025 approaches, here are the 17 hospital and health system CFOs and assistant CFOs that Becker's reported on in December:

Despite a mixed year for venture capital investment in healthcare, three digital health companies became "unicorns" in 2024.

On the heels of financial pressures and workforce shortages experienced in 2023, many hospitals and health systems are continuing to face maternity service closures in 2024.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers say patient portal messages have declined after the system began billing the interactions as e-visits, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Douglas Ziedonis, MD, former CEO of UNM Health System, has declined to take a faculty position at the academic system, the Albuquerque Journal reported Dec. 30. 

CMS has fined two hospitals for alleged price transparency violations, according to a Dec. 30 update on its price transparency enforcement website. 

Winner (S.D.) Regional Health has shared plans that it will end labor and delivery services, effective Feb. 1.

"Human-centric" leaders balance hard business skills with soft skills to align aspirations with organizational performance, according to a McKinsey newsletter.