Leadership & Management

A group of Democratic senators penned a letter to Alex Azar, President Donald Trump's nominee for HHS secretary, asking him to weigh in on a reported "ban" at CDC of words such as "evidence-based," "diversity" and "science-based" in budget documents,…

This memo was sent from Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan to all of the system's nearly 24,000 employees Dec. 20 and shared with Becker's Hospital Review.

In 2015, Houston Methodist Hospital made the decision to invest in a medical technology that had not yet been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration.

The following healthcare layoffs were reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far in 2017. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he will not pursue Medicare or Medicaid reform in 2018, breaking from earlier comments made by Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., according to The Washington Post.

Governor-elect Ralph Northam (D) named Dan Carey, MD, CMO of Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health, secretary of , according to The News & Advance.

As the personal and professional failings of individual executives begin to gain public attention, there are actions boards can take to stop corporate misbehavior, according to the Harvard Business Review.

President Donald Trump supports the healthcare stabilization measures proposed by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and will encourage Congress to pursue their passages in January, according to The Hill.

House leaders proposed a new stopgap funding bill Thursday that includes $2.85 billion for the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to The Hill.

Winona (Minn.) Health will lay off 17 employees, eliminate 25 vacant positions and reduce some full-time positions to part-time in an effort to reduce costs, according to the Winona Daily News.