The Federal Trade Commission is widening its inquiry into the pharmacy benefit manager industry to include two group purchasing organizations that negotiate drug rebates on behalf of PBMs. 

Wendi Goodson-Celerin, DNP, APRN, has been selected to serve as senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. 

The El Camino Healthcare District Board of Directors has censured longtime board member Julia Miller following allegations of repeated disrespect toward El Camino Health employees, Mountain View Voice reported.

HCA Healthcare is set to purchase 41 urgent care centers in Texas from FastMed, the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system said May 18. 

Rome, Ga.-based AdventHealth Redmond named Jeff Prusia CFO.

Northern Arizona Healthcare received the green light to move forward with the first phase of its proposed hospital campus. Members of Flagstaff City Council voted 6-1 in favor of the project, azcentral.com reported May 17.

Spring Valley, Ill.-based St. Margaret's Health will close several clinics by June 9 and the hospital could close on June 16 if it does not receive emergency funding from the state, shawlocal.com reported May 17. 

Cleveland Clinic is the first in the world to implant a dual cardiac device that potentially treats heart failure symptoms.

Legislation proposing transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program was passed May 17 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health. The bill, H.R. 3290, will now advance to the full Energy and Commerce Committee.

Fort Belvoir (Va.) Community Hospital will now bear the name of the first Black medical officer in the U.S. Army and the first Black professor of medicine in the U.S., Alexander Thomas Augusta, MD.

Walgreens is doubling down on clinical trials after competitor CVS Health said it would be exiting that market by the end of 2024, Yahoo Finance reported.

Employment levels in jobs at hospitals vary, and so do the states with the highest employment level in those jobs. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's financial statement released May 15 details when it expects its deal for Geisinger Health to close as well as investment details regarding Risant Health, the new nonprofit organization of which Geisinger is slated to become the first member: 

No state in the U.S. is immune to healthcare workforce shortages — but some are suffering more than others, according to the most recent federal data from the Health Resources and Services Administration. 

St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, has named Katie Perkins its next chief operating officer, effective May 15. 

Like other health systems, Bon Secours Mercy Health has faced challenges in terms of recruitment and retainment, with its nursing vacancy rate reaching a historic high at one point during the pandemic. 

Executives for Health Innovation, a nonprofit that advocated for health IT issues like EHR adoption and interoperability, is disbanding after 22 years.

The United States and the European Union have launched a joint health taskforce to expand research and collaboration efforts in three key areas: cancer, global health threats and global health architecture.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has started notifying patients affected by a February ransomware attack.

The president of ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., recently spoke about some of the ways the hospital is addressing capacity challenges and emergency room wait times in a podcast with WLEN Radio.