Kittitas Valley Healthcare in Ellensburg, Wash., is planning on leaving Kaiser Permanente's insurance network, according to the Daily Record.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital increased its intensive care capacity 75 percent through the implementation of an alternative care model that converted general patient care units and perioperative spaces to ICUs and therefore required more critical care nurses.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against William Harwin, MD, founder and former president of Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, for his alleged participation in a long-running antitrust conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced Sept. 24. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Health is distancing itself from Jeffrey Barke, MD, after the physician said a gun offers more protection against COVID-19 than a facemask, according to The Orange County Register. 

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging it skirted Employee Retirement Income Security Act requirements by claiming an exemption for "church plans," according to Law360. 

The FDA and HHS will now allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada, a move the White House says will bring Americans savings for their medications.

The following hospital and health system executive moves were reported in the last week:  

St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., named Shane Cerone president and CEO, effective Oct. 1.  

Here are seven labor strikes reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far this year:

Here are the healthcare provider malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported on during September.

UnitedHealth Group is in advanced talks to buy an online Illinois pharmacy startup called DivvyDose for about $300 million, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. 

Excluding funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, operating margins for hospitals are down 7.9 percent since the start of 2020 through August, in comparison to the same period in 2019, according to the Kaufman Hall's September National Hospital Flash Report. 

Here are 11 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft. 

California became the first state to hit 800,000 COVID-19 cases, and the U.S. will soon surpass 7 million infections, reports CNN. 

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network plans to transform its former Bellevue, Pa., hospital campus into a new biotechnology, biomedical and pharmaceutical innovation hub, according to a Sept. 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. 

The National Labor Relations Board was wrong in ordering Crozer-Keystone Health System to disclose to a union its entire sale agreement with Prospect Medical Holdings, a U.S. appeals court ruled Sept. 24.

Amazon Care recently expanded its virtual medical clinic for employees from the Seattle area to the entire state of Washington, and a Business Insider report examined where the company may be headed next.

Texas' public health agency spent big to update and roll out a new COVID-19 data reporting system, the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System, in May, but it's still not widely adopted, according to a Sept. 24 report in the Texas Tribune.

Becker's Hospital Review compiled 40 large health systems by number of hospitals and 60 large hospitals by bed count.

Four healthcare organizations in Philadelphia have united to transform the Mercy Philadelphia Hospital campus.