Forbes released its annual World’s Billionaires list on April 1, and the names include 37 people in the U.S. who are in the healthcare industry. This year’s ranking marked a milestone, with 3,028 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs on the list…
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Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against HHS over the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of billions in public health grants to state health departments. The suit, filed April 1 in the U.S. District Court for…
The first quarter of 2025 brought hundreds of CEO exits across the U.S. In hospitals, various factors drove departures, among them retirements and leadership transitions. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an executive coaching firm, released its latest findings on CEO turnover…
In January, CaroMont Health opened its second hospital — and the first in Belmont, N.C. — expanding access in one of the state’s fastest-growing and most competitive regions. CaroMont Regional Medical Center-Belmont brings care closer to home for residents who…
HHS employees began receiving dismissal notices on April 1 as part of an agency-wide plan to lay off 10,000 full-time employees, NBC News reported. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 27 shared plans for the “dramatic restructuring,” which…
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Federal agencies, including HHS, are conducting a “comprehensive review” of nearly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University. Through the federal Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, officials with HHS and the Department of…
Renuka Gupta, MD, never expected to leave New York City after moving to the U.S. from India in 2002. However, since joining Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Va., in 2023 as vice president and chief quality officer, she has made…
Health departments in numerous states are laying off employees after the Trump administration abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in grant funding March 24. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is laying off 37 employees whose positions were…
Tom Huebner, former president and CEO of Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center, died March 26 at age 71 after a battle with cancer, according to a March 28 Facebook post from the hospital and a March 27 report from Vermont…
On March 19, Irving, Texas-based Christus Health opened Christus Health West Beaumont (Texas). The hospital, which is located in the former Medical Center of Southeast Texas-Victory Campus, is connected to the recently opened Christus Orthopedics Sports Medicine Institute. It comprises…