A woman faces charges after firing a gun inside a patient room at Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.), according to the Louisville Courier Journal. Police responded to the hospital about 5:30 a.m. Feb. 18 after receiving reports of shots fired. St.…
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At Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health, leaders are rethinking where pharmacy fits within the health system’s growth strategy. For years, pharmacy operations were often treated primarily as a cost center, focused on managing drug expenses and ensuring medications were available when…
Phoenix-based Banner Health is upgrading its surgical robot fleet to Intuitive’s da Vinci 5 system. The rollout includes 49 robots across its hospitals in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. The health system said the investment is among the largest of its…
Trenton, N.J.-based Capital Health has named Annabelle Seippel-Hunt associate vice president of denials management and revenue integrity, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. She joined the health system in January from revenue cycle management company CorroHealth, where she…
So far in 2026, about half a dozen U.S. hospitals and health systems have said they plan to expand rehabilitation services as organizations aim to ease capacity strains and meet rising demand. In January, Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System…
Health systems that acquired former Dallas-based Steward Health Care hospitals have described significant electronic health record and billing-related costs during transition periods, The Boston Globe reported Feb. 18. Boston-based Boston Medical Center Health System, Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health and…
Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health has added two new leaders to its C-suite, effective March 1. Jay Howard was named senior vice president and chief legal officer and Timothy Shultz was promoted to vice president, deputy general counsel and chief…
Ijeoma Carol Nwelue, MD, has joined Methodist Hospital Texsan in San Antonio as chief medical officer. Her appointment is effective March 8, according to a Feb. 18 news release shared with Becker’s. As CMO, she will be responsible for advancing…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Children’s Health System of Texas, claiming the Dallas-based system violated a state law banning the provision of gender transition-related care to minors and engaged in fraudulent practices to obtain Medicaid…
Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health Care System has named Ian Stewart as COO. Mr. Stewart joined the organization from Baptist Health in Conway, Ark., where he served as vice president of operations, according to a Feb. 11 health system news release.…