West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health on Jan. 8 received final approval from the New Jersey Department of Health to build its 15th hospital. Here are five things to know: 1. The decision allows the system to build an acute care…
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Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare launched a clinical care redesign nearly a decade ago and saved $88 million in fiscal year 2025 through a multi-pronged approach, according to Chief Quality Officer Stephanie Calcasola, RN. The redesign focuses on reducing clinical variation, which…
The House of Representatives voted to extend the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025 for three years. The measure now heads to the Senate. The 230-196 vote followed a Democrat-led discharge petition that reached the…
Nurses at Portland-based Maine Medical Center have approved a three-year labor contract, according to a Jan. 8 news release from the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. The agreement follows nearly four months of bargaining and is the second…
Providence is establishing a new clinical engineering partnership with TRIMEDX, an Indianapolis-based independent clinical asset management company, to strengthen support for clinicians and patients, the Renton, Wash.-based health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. “As medical technology becomes…
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has formed a joint venture with BAMF Health to expand access to precision diagnostics and treatment for patients in the region. Under the partnership, the organizations will establish a 45,000-square-foot comprehensive theranostics center in downtown Detroit.…
Telehealth use in rural areas was associated with a higher likelihood of patients utilizing preventive care, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care. The sample for the Jan. 6 study, conducted by researchers at payer Elevance Health,…
Houston Methodist is among the investors in an $80 million funding round for ambient AI company Apella. The eight-hospital system joined the series B investment, which was led by venture capital firm HighlandX, after deploying the startup’s machine learning and…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has partnered with iScribeHealth to provide ambient AI scribing capabilities to its clinicians. The 60-plus hospital system selected the vendor because of its “deep integration” with EHR vendor Athenahealth, customization potential, and track record across multiple…
Global healthcare private equity broke records in 2025, reaching an estimated $191 billion in deal value, and surpassed the previous 2021 peak, according to a new report from Bain & Co. “Healthcare private equity delivered a record performance last year…