At least 14 hospitals and health systems have cut leadership or management roles in 2026 as financial pressures and realignments push organizations to restructure for long-term sustainability. Becker’s covered six hospital layoffs involving leaders in September alone, compared to at…
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Macleods Pharma USA has recalled 3,744 bottles of a combination blood pressure medication nationwide after the product failed dissolution specifications, according to an FDA enforcement report. The voluntary recall covers olmesartan medoxomil, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, 40 milligrams/10 milligrams/12.5 milligrams,…
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As federal policy changes continue to pressure hospital budgets heading into 2027 — cuts to Medicaid, 340B program changes and site-neutral payment proposals among them — CEOs are increasingly navigating a parallel challenge: how to make difficult financial decisions without…
Boston Children’s Hospital has named Lisa Morella senior director of revenue cycle performance and transformation, according to an Oct. 30 post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Morella has served as a principal at Lubo Consulting since September 2025, advising enterprises,…
SEIU Local 73, which represents about 200 advanced practice providers at Chicago-based UI Health, has issued a 10-day notice of intent to strike. A strike could begin on or after Nov. 11, according to a UI Health statement shared with…
Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, named Alison Sekelsky, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer, radio station 97.9 WHAV reported. Ms. Sekelsky joined the hospital as a medical-surgical nurse in 1999 and had served as director…
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Children’s Hospital has named Chris Tiongson finance executive. Mr. Tiongson joins the hospital after serving as CFO of Dignity Health-Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Health Center, according to an Oct. 30 HealthSearch Partners news release. In…
Thomas Dolan, PhD, president emeritus of the Chicago-based American College of Healthcare Executives, died Oct. 30, according to his obituary. He was 78. Dr. Dolan spent 27 years at ACHE, including serving as president and CEO from 1991 to 2013,…
Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy will eliminate 115 positions, or about 1.2% of its workforce of nearly 9,000, Children’s Mercy said in a Nov. 2 statement shared with Becker’s. Many of the affected positions are nonclinical administrative, leadership and support…