Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy represented the healthcare industry recently on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to educate federal lawmakers about artificial intelligence.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health reported an operating income of $77.5 million (1.7% margin) in the third quarter of 2024, up from an operating loss of $11.6 million (-0.3% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Nov. 27 financial report. 

HHS and CMS have finalized a new, mandatory model for kidney transplant coordination across 103 hospitals. The model aims to increase access, address disparities and improve care coordination for patients navigating the kidney transplant process, while also reducing Medicare expenditures. 

As several pharmaceutical companies challenge their role in the 340B drug pricing program, Bristol Myers Squibb filed a lawsuit Nov. 26 against the HHS agency that oversees the federal program. 

With a booming population in Fort Worth, Texas, Cook Children's is expanding its capacity and access to care. 

As hospitals and health systems seek to integrate AI into healthcare operations, many are establishing dedicated AI centers to test and develop new AI tools.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has launched a new program aimed at reducing diet-related health disparities.

Physician practice costs have increased throughout the year, a trend that could continue into the new year, according to data from Strata Decision Technology.

Epic Research, the digital publication from EHR vendor Epic, taps into the company's extensive patient data repository to address pressing medical questions, Wisconsin State Journal reported Nov. 27.

Medicare beneficiaries are facing wide price discrepancies for prescription drugs, with the same medication costing vastly different amounts, depending on the plan and location, The Wall Street Journal  reported Nov. 26. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health posted an operating income of $537.6 million (7.5% operating margin) in fiscal 2024, compared to $491.3 million (8.1% margin) in fiscal 2023, according to its Nov. 25 financial report. 

Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Aspirus Doctors Clinic, located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., are set to undergo a rebrand.

Two former executives of Dallas-based Steward Health Care are now C-suite leaders at the private equity group that purchased the health system's physician practice, Boston Business Journal reported Nov. 26.

NES Health, a physician-led staffing firm, is reportedly planning to cease operations amid financial difficulties that left emergency department physicians at numerous hospitals without pay. 

As healthcare faces a rash of cyberattacks, some hackers still break into computer networks the old-fashioned way: by guessing passwords.

Joe Depa has left his post as chief data and AI officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

Epic has intensified its pursuit of interoperability in recent months.

As regulatory frameworks for AI in healthcare remain in their infancy, Mass General Brigham, based in Somerville, Mass., is taking a proactive role with its Healthcare AI Challenge. 

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, an HHS agency, is providing $44 million to bolster the U.S. public health supply chain. 

In a series of announcements in late November President-elect Donald Trump shared his nominations for five of the nation's top health positions: CDC director, FDA commissioner, surgeon general, the National Institutes of Health director, and HHS deputy secretary.