Leadership & Management

University of Vermont (Burlington) Medical Center plans to move its office to a new complex in downtown Burlington, though some have questioned the motivations of the move, according to VT Digger.

Speakers at 50 of the most selective universities across six academic fields are more than twice as likely to be men than women, according to a study led by researchers at Houston-based Rice University.

The average age of CEOs rose 4 percent in the last decade — with 50 CEOs in the S&P 500 aged 65 years or older — drawing attention to the need for companies to increase transparency surrounding executive health, according…

David Feinberg, MD, president and CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, and Glenn Steele Jr., MD, PhD, who held those positions before Dr. Feinberg, a book detailing the insights they've gathered from leading the pioneering health system.

American Hospital Association President and CEO Richard Pollack wrote in a Dec. 17 op-ed the merger frenzy across the healthcare industry stems from the desire to create an overarching care system that is "more responsive to [consumers'] needs."

The Rhode Island Department of Health granted Woonsocket, R.I.-based Landmark Medical Center and North Smithfield-based Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island — two of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services' Rhode Island hospitals —nonprofit status, according to The Valley Breeze.

More Americans than ever before believe the ACA has had a mostly positive effect on the U.S., according to poll data from Pew Research Center.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., introduced a bill last week to reauthorize funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program and fund the government through Jan. 19, 2018, preventing a shutdown on Dec. 22.

A bipartisan bill in the House to halt cuts to the Medicare 340B drug pricing program has gained 146 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle.

To say that it has been a tumultuous year for the healthcare industry is an understatement. Federal policy changes and recent transactions involving large insurers, health systems and retailers will affect providers, payers and patients alike.