The CDC closed its offices in Angola and South Sudan on Oct. 1 as the State Department ties foreign health aid to country-by-country deals, Politico reported Oct. 6. The CDC office in Zimbabwe is set to close at the end…
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When Epic’s top security executive said health systems need to “get ready to patch, patch, patch,” the leaders responsible for applying those fixes largely agreed. Their caveat: Moving faster depends on knowing sooner what needs fixing and which fixes can’t…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health broke ground Oct. 6 on a 48-acre medical campus in West Cary, N.C. Five things to know: 1. The first phase is a six-story, 192,000-square-foot medical office building with a 900-space parking deck, which is…
Large health systems are increasingly filling their top job from within, and the person moving into the CEO’s office is often someone who already holds the president title. Of 22 permanent CEO appointments at large health systems between mid-March and…
Joint ventures are the latest asset health systems are putting on the table as they trim their portfolios. Most recently, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health said it plans to exit Trinsic, a Colorado clinically integrated network of more than 900…
Fewer hospitals and health systems are switching EHRs in 2026 than in recent years. But the year’s biggest moves largely keep ending in the same place. Epic has spent 2026 turning on deals signed years ago, from Adventist Health’s 27…
McKesson and private equity firm CD&R have agreed to buy the nation’s largest independent home infusion provider, a deal that ties one of the biggest drug distributors to a site of care that health systems both refer patients to and…
Minal Shah, MD, has been named chief medical information officer of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services. Dr. Shah made the announcement via an Oct. 6 LinkedIn post. Her background includes clinical informatics, virtual care and hospital medicine at Chicago-based CommonSpirit…
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services filed a lawsuit Oct. 1 against UnitedHealthcare, alleging false advertising with the insurer’s 2027 Medicare Advantage plans. The complaint, filed in Minnesota federal court, said Fairview decided in June to not renew its contract with UnitedHealthcare’s…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has named Michael Buchman chief investment officer, effective Dec. 1. Mr. Buchman will oversee the health system’s $8 billion investment portfolio and lead its investment strategy, objectives and policies as established by the board’s investment committee. He…