Move over, beer and potato chips — this year’s Super Bowl commercials want you to be healthy. From telehealth companies and pharma giants marketing weight-loss drugs to food manufacturers highlighting their healthiest products, the ads for Feb. 8’s big game…
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Eighteen attorneys general are urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, to reinstate minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities. The minimum staffing requirements, along with other protections, were established by the Nursing Home…
Encompass Health, the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the nation, achieved growth upward of 10% in 2025. Here are four things to know: 1. The system saw an overall revenue increase of 10.5% in 2025. 2.…
Some spine surgeons have poured time into side hustles that also support patient care outside the clinic. Three spine surgeons discussed the businesses they’ve launched on current and upcoming episodes of “Becker’s Spine and Orthopedic Podcast.” Gbolahan Okubadejo, MD, created…
Balavenkatesh Kanna, MD, has been appointed CEO and vice president of hospital affairs at University Hospital at Downstate in New York City. Dr. Kanna was named to the role by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and brings more than 20…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health and New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health have reached a settlement agreement involving a dispute over an advertising campaign. In 2023, NYU Langone sued Northwell in federal court, asserting the competitor tried to “confuse”…
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages. Here are eight department closures or services that are ending or have…
North Carolina’s first pediatric-only medical helicopter is ready for liftoff, Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health said Feb. 6. ECU Health is launching the aircraft, which is designed as an intensive care unit and equipped with specialized neonatal and pediatric equipment, according…
Health systems are increasing their expectations for nurse managers without proper support, which risks workforce stability, according to a Feb. 5 article from Vizient and Kaufman Hall. The position “has become increasingly unsustainable” because of elevated turnover and growing scopes…
National flu activity remains elevated but is beginning to ease across most of the U.S. after an unusually intense December surge, according to the CDC’s latest weekly FluView report. Most regions are reporting stable or declining trends, though parts of…