Academic medical centers sit at the nexus of clinical care, education and research. Even under normal circumstances, balancing these priorities can be difficult, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges.

President Donald Trump on Sept. 24 signed two executive orders implementing his "America First Healthcare Plan." 

Michael Caputo, the top spokesperson at HHS, was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, The Buffalo News first reported.

President Donald Trump is preparing to announce executive actions on healthcare during a speech Sept. 24 in Charlotte, N.C., according to Politico.

It has been 25 years since Rod Hanners was a naval officer on a nuclear submarine, but U.S. Navy experience helps him today as interim CEO of Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles.

The National Institutes of Health said Sept. 21 that a public affairs officer identified as using an online pseudonym to attack Anthony Fauci, MD, and spread misinformation about COVID-19, would retire, according to The New York Times.

The CEO of Charleston (W. Va.) Area Medical Center apologized to staff Sept. 19 after comments he made during a recent interview about the spread of COVID-19, WCHS reported.

This contributed Q&A is the third in a content series as a lead-in to Becker’s 9th Annual CEO+CFO Roundtable: Nov. 9-11, 2020.

In light of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Becker's has compiled some of the justice's major opinions and decisions relating to healthcare. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs during the past few weeks.

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has brought increased attention to a case over the legality of the ACA.

Sonny Saggar, MD, the emergency room chief and chief strategy officer at St. Louis-based St. Alexius Hospital was fired Sept. 11, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

Quorum Health, a spinoff of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, filed for bankruptcy in early April. When the hospital operator emerged from bankruptcy July 7, it brought with it some leadership changes.

The board of directors of El Camino Healthcare District in Mountain View, Calif., reached a settlement with one of its members who faced allegations of misconduct, according to the Mountain View Voice.

Becker's Hospital Review's series for women in healthcare leadership asks healthcare executives to answer seven questions about their life in and outside of work.

Carolyn Ogland, MD, learned from an early age how healthcare workers can help patients and their families, and that continues to be her focus as CMO of Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health.

Nurses at Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview say they asked for heightened security in its hospitals' parking areas last year, but administrators ignored the request, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital has been improperly managed and operated, according to a state audit report cited by the Los Alamos Daily Post.

Andrew Norton, MD, senior vice president and CMO of Main Line Health, died Sept. 6 at the age of 64, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Tina Freese Decker's nearly two decades of leadership at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health have allowed her to address healthcare challenges such as access and affordability. Now, as president and CEO, she is also helping drive change in health equity.