The CDC is warning an invasive meningococcal strain is on the rise and disproportionately affects people ages 30 to 60.

Optum promoted Rodney Plante to senior vice president and CIO of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW are set to begin a seven-day strike April 7 at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., and MultiCare Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., NBC affiliate KHQ reported. 

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in the Brooklyn borough of New York City has partnered with Mishe, a healthcare platform aimed at eliminating provider and payer barriers, to improve price transparency by launching Downstate's Transparent Access Plan.

Andrew Place, MD, PhD, was named vice president and pediatric chief medical officer for the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center in Boston. 

Disagreement over the Affordable Care Act in the 2024 Biden-Trump rematch carries on. 

Eugene-based Oregon Medical Group is dropping some patients due to a lack of available physicians, 32 of whom have departed from the organization over the last two years, The Oregonian reported March 27.

Tyler-based UT Health East Texas is discontinuing its long-term acute care services in April.

  North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 28 to celebrate the reopening of the hospital 10 years to the day after it closed. 

Americans' life expectancies are declining right alongside their happiness scores, according to U.S. News & World Report. 

Dave Recupero has resigned as CFO of Kern Valley Healthcare District, based in Mountain Mesa, Calif. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai has filed a motion asking a judge to deny a preliminary injunction that would keep Beth Israel Hospital open past its planned July 12 closure date. 

Chad Dilley was named president of Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (Ind.).

Among 10 high-income countries, the U.S. trails its peers in access to and continuity of primary care, according to a study released March 28 by the Commonwealth Fund. 

Seattle Children's is the recipient of a $50 million gift from the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation to support advancements in therapies and treatment options for leukemia and other pediatric cancers.

Sean Wolfe has been selected as interim CEO of Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital & Health Services, in addition to his role as CFO of a nearby, unaffiliated hospital. 

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based University of Michigan Health has shared plans to purchase a former Kmart headquarters location in Troy, Mich., for $4.42 million and turn it into a clinical facility.

UCI Health's acquisition of four Tenet hospitals brings about a unique opportunity as it blends academic medical centers with community healthcare, Chad Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health, told Becker's.  

A Delaware lawmaker is looking to establish a hospital cost review board, but the legislation faces opposition from health systems in the state, Delaware Public Radio reported March 27. 

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center has expanded to New Jersey with its first oncology office.