The FDA has approved a label update for Seqirus’s Flucelvax and Flucelvax Quadrivalent to include a warning about febrile seizures in young children. The new warning applies to children ages 6 months through 4 years old, according to the Flucelvax…
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Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services is dropping “M Health” from its name following an organizational restructuring and a consumer-driven push to refocus on its “roots,” a marketing leader told Becker’s. M Health Fairview said in January it would rebrand in 2027…
Drew Keesbury has been appointed COO of St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care, effective July 1. He currently serves as the system’s CFO and has played a key role in strengthening its financial stability, patient experience and access to care,…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is urging shareholders to reject a proposal to be voted upon in an April 23 shareholder election that would require the company to disclose the health consequences of its hospital acquisitions, including staffing levels, physician departures…
A March analysis from KFF aims to shed light on CMS’ upcoming BALANCE model for GLP-1 coverage — highlighting financial requirements, operational mandates and unresolved policy questions — ahead of its 2027 launch. The model, announced in December, builds on the…
Nationwide Children’s Hospital-Toledo (Ohio) plans to invest $100 million to $150 million to expand pediatric care across northwest Ohio over the next five years. Four things to know: 1. The investment will fund construction of two outpatient pediatric facilities aimed…
Federal lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation that would cap patients’ insulin costs at $35 per month. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and John Kennedy, R-La., introduced the bill March 25. The $35 monthly price cap…
Barbara Donaho, BSN, who served as president and CEO of St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., from 1991 to 1994, died March 13. She was 92. After retirement, she was chair of the advisory committee for Kent, Ohio-based Kent…
A Canadian religious group, Mission Fund, is suing UnitedHealth Group because the company did not include the group’s proposal for reporting on acquisition consequences in its 2026 proxy materials, according to a March 20 filing in the federal district court in Washington,…
Kathryn Willbarger has been appointed CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, N.Y., effective May 26. Ms. Willbarger most recently served as COO of Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., where she oversaw day-to-day operations for a $340 million health…