Members of the California Nurses Association have called off their one-day strike planned for Feb. 19 after reaching a tentative labor contract with AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif. The union — which represents about 300 nurses at…
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Shelly Schorer, California CFO at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has accepted a role as the system’s South region CFO, effective March 1, according to a Feb. 19 LinkedIn post. CommonSpirit South Region comprises 42 acute care, specialty and critical access hospitals…
Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations say they must modernize operations to keep pace with mounting clinical, regulatory and financial pressures, according to a new survey of healthcare technology leaders. The 2026 Leadership Pulse Survey from the College of Healthcare Information…
San Diego-based Scripps Health recorded an operating income of $52.2 million (4.1% operating margin) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, down from an operating income of $67.3 million (5.5% margin) during the same period last year. Scripps reported total…
McLaren Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant has named Kelly DeBolt, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. DeBolt will lead a team of more than 100 nurses at the hospital, according to a news release shared with Becker’s Feb. 19. She…
Krista Curell, RN, was appointed president of the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective late 2025. Ms. Curell will continue serving in her prior roles as president of UChicago Medicine Crown Point (Ind.) and executive vice president and system COO…
Recently, payers and providers have been engaging in a slew of transparency campaigns, with some aiming to “expose” pricing and denial concerns. For example, Hospital Watch has come to the forefront, shifting blame to hospitals. “Hospital Watch is a watchdog…
Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., have ratified a three-year labor contract, according to a Feb. 18 news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, which represents the workers. The agreement covers 630…
Providence, R.I.-based Care New England has partnered with Rhode Island College in Providence to create a pipeline of digitally educated, EHR-trained nurses and healthcare administrators, Tomas Gregorio, chief digital information officer of the health system, told Becker’s. The partnership, announced…
Two Connecticut cities filed federal lawsuits against Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group — targeting their pharmacy benefit managers — over an alleged “insulin pricing scheme,” according to January filings in the U.S. District Court for the state. Along with…