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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has described the housing market as in “crisis,” citing “a decade of underbuilding following the Great Recession and surging demand from millennials entering prime home-buying years.” This, in turn, has driven health systems to play…

One of the country’s largest outpatient imaging providers, US Radiology Specialists, is taking a bold step forward this year with a new CEO and rebrand to Lumexa Imaging. The rebrand, announced July 8, signals more than a cosmetic change —…

A Louisiana hospital is eyeing a stadium naming rights deal that could cost as much as $50 million over a decade, the Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., reported. Baton Rouge-based Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center is in talks…

Amazon’s streaming service pulled a documentary critical of pharmacy benefit managers after receiving a legal threat from UnitedHealth Group, The New York Times reported. The docuseries, “Modern Medical Mafia,” accuses PBMs of acting as an organized “crime ring” that has…

Tom Patrias has been named CEO of University Medical Center New Orleans, part of LCMC Health, also of New Orleans, effective Aug. 1. He has served as the hospital’s COO for nearly two years, according to a July 17 news…

Many hospitals and health systems are opening new physician residency programs to expand training opportunities for medical students and bolster the pipeline of future physicians. Below are 21 hospitals and health systems launching or announcing new programs in 2025.  Note:…

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s rating was upgraded to “B2” from “B3” by Moody’s.  The upgrade reflects material improvement in the health system’s EBITDA and EBITDA margin in recent quarters as it cut its temporary clinical labor utilization and expenses, reduced…

Harper County, Kan.-based Patterson Health Center has adopted Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent. Here are four things to know:

Recent Medicaid policy changes will result in 1,484 additional deaths and nearly 100,000 preventable hospitalizations per year, according to a study published July 16 in JAMA Health Forum.  Two weeks before President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill…

Hospital pharmacists are urging Congress to act on a number of their priorities, including Medicare coverage for pharmacist services and protections for residency funding.  In a July 9 letter, Tom Kraus, vice president for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists,…