In this episode, Mike Fancher, Division Vice President for Kindred Hospitals Coastal Region, shares strategies for improving ICU to long-term acute care transitions, addressing compounding capacity challenges, and emphasizing proactive processes, transparency, and stronger collaboration among hospitals, LTACs, and payers…
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Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital has been placed in immediate jeopardy and must come into compliance with Medicare conditions of participation by Nov. 9, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based…
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, part of HHS, has allocated $37.5 million to award dozens of hospitals grants of up to $500,000 to become or maintain their status as specialized pathogen treatment centers. Five notes: 1. The grant…
Sanford Health, a 46-hospital system based in Sioux Falls, S.D., said it saves $27 million annually through physician retention efforts, according to an Oct. 21 post from the American Medical Association. The system runs multiple initiatives aimed at improving well-being,…
As hospitals across the U.S. continue to grapple with financial challenges, cuts and even closures, the toll on rural communities has also increased. In 2025 alone, Becker’s has reported on 21 hospital closures. The effects of these closures can move…
Mark Cuban elaborated on how his online pharmacy, Cost Plus Drugs, will partner with TrumpRx during a CNBC interview at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas. The Trump administration shared plans for TrumpRx in September. The federal website is set to…
Dozens of hospitals and health systems were recently honored for excellence in patient experience based on Net Promoter Scores, patient reviews and other metrics. PEP Health, a patient experience company that partners with healthcare organizations, published its annual ranking of…
An Amazon Web Services outage on Oct. 20 temporarily disrupted operations at Boston-based Tufts Medicine. The outage, now resolved, also knocked out several major websites and apps — including Snapchat, Facebook and Fortnite — CNN reported Oct. 21. Amazon said…
Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health is transitioning to an Epic EHR to reduce operating costs, boost data-sharing and improve cybersecurity, its chief executive told Becker’s. The two-hospital system is planning to go live with the new system in January 2027,…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System will end its on-call labor and delivery physician services at Allina Health’s Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital on Nov. 17, MPR News reported Oct. 20. Under a joint operating agreement, Mayo operates the Owatonna Clinic while…