Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has expanded its pediatric trauma telehealth program through its Primary Children’s Hospital to provide real-time clinical guidance to emergency departments across the region. The service connects rural and community hospitals with pediatric trauma specialists at…
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Of the 28 hospitals CMS has fined for alleged price transparency violations, only two have bed counts above 550, while 10 have 30 or fewer beds. CMS bases its civil monetary penalties on hospital bed counts. Fines fall into three…
Minneapolis-based Allina Health has appointed Carisa Buegler president of New Ulm (Minn.) Medical Center. Ms. Buegler has held various leadership roles at the hospital over the past 20 years, most recently serving as director of operations. In that role, she…
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San Francisco-based UCSF Health has performed its first heart transplant for a patient who received an artificial heart months earlier. The 37-year-old patient came to the system in August with advanced heart failure, according to a Feb. 11 system news…
A large fire severely damaged the Orthopedic Institute at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City (Pa.) on Feb. 4, forcing a full evacuation of the hospital, according to a Feb. 5 report by Fox affiliate WOLF. The hospital temporarily closed following the fire…
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The nation’s insurers have filed their fourth-quarter earnings reports, showing which recorded the largest net income in 2025.
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