Dallas-based Steward Health Care is building a replacement hospital for Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, Healthcare Design reported Jan. 25.

The launch of new biosimilars and an uptick in drugmaker transactions are expected to make waves in the pharmaceutical industry over the coming months, Moody's Investment Service said in a quarterly healthcare report issued Jan. 24.

The Oregon Nurses Association is raising concerns about St. Charles Health System's plans to build a $90 million cancer center in Redmond, citing staffing shortages and financial issues, KTVZ reported Jan. 25.

Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., filed a lawsuit Jan. 10 to stop Hendersonville, N.C.-based Pardee Hospital from expanding its cardiac catheterization services, according to a Jan. 24 report in the Asheville Citizen Times.

Pharmacy technicians have the highest paychecks of all hospital work settings, but most of them aren't working in hospitals, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Walgreens Boots Alliance is weighing whether to sell its pharmacy automation business, which is worth $2 billion, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. 

Nurses and other workers at hospitals and health systems have secured large raises recently amid contract negotiations with unions. Others have also secured raises through minimum wage increases. Below is a breakdown of the raises, reported by Becker's since Dec. 14. 

Management at troubled Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital is working on staff incentives to help retain a robust permanent workforce, the hospital's CEO said in an update to local officials, according to a Jan. 26 report from The Daily Times.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has asked Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health System to slow down their proposed merger, the Star Tribune reported Jan. 25. 

After three long pandemic years, the time is now for hospital clinicians to refocus efforts on infection control and prevention, said Aaron E. Glatt, MD, chair of medicine, chief of infectious disease and epidemiologist at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, N.Y.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health is ramping up security at its facilities after a fatal shooting in the Select Medical long-term acute care facility within AdventHealth Daytona Beach, NBC affiliate WESH reported Jan. 24.

Here are six health systems that have transferred revenue cycle department staff to RCM companies since July 14: 

States will be able to disenroll some Medicaid beneficiaries on April 1, which could mean higher bad debt for hospitals, according to a report from Moody's Investment Service Healthcare Quarterly report.

More than half of the nearly 6,000 University of Iowa employees who participated in a recent survey said they have "seriously considered" leaving the university in the last 12 months, The Courier reported Jan. 25. 

The most profitable of all 192 CMS 1-star hospitals in the nation is Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia, according to data from Sage Transparency, which was launched by the Employers' Forum of Indiana.

The CEO and chief nursing officer at Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center have stepped down after less than one year in their respective roles. 

The executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker's Healthcare 13th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health is closing five regional outpatient clinics as part of a cost-cutting strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of the health system, according to the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald.

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has a venture capital arm that invests in early-stage health companies focused on care experience, financing, delivery and innovation.

Here are the most active cyber threats facing healthcare, according to a January report from BlackBerry Cybersecurity Consulting that used telemetry to detect malware between September and November 2022.