The average age at hire for new CEOs rose to 53.5 in 2026 from 53.2 in 2025, according to the mid-year “Volatility Report” from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates. The firm tracks C-suite turnover among 665 Fortune 500 and…
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has upsized its previously shared $1.5 billion private senior notes up to $2 billion, according to a Sept. 8 news release. The health system agreed to issue and sell $2 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior…
Hospitals are increasingly being cited for how they supervise nursing care — and, above all, for how they oversee the contract and travel nurses they leaned on during the workforce crisis, according to a Becker’s analysis of CMS inspection data.…
Salt Lake City-based Nightingale College filed a lawsuit against the California Board of Registered Nursing, saying the board’s application of two licensing standards is unlawful and preventing hundreds of students from taking the NCLEX-RN exam. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 24,…
Nebraska became the first state to implement Medicaid work requirements under HR-1, beginning enforcement May 1, months ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027 deadline most states are now preparing for. For Sheila Augustine, executive director of revenue cycle at Omaha-based…
Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen New Bridge Medical Center named William Holubek, MD, chief medical officer, NJBiz reported. Dr. Holubek, an emergency medicine physician, stepped into his role Sept. 8. He succeeds Gian Varbaro, who left the hospital in March. Dr. Halubek…
Vermont vaccinates the most out of any U.S. state, while Mississippi vaccinates the least, according to a Sept. 9 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub developed the ranking by comparing all 50 states and the District of Columbia across…
The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing one of the most significant transformations since the advent of the internet. For decades, organizations have operated under a relatively stable assumption: software vulnerabilities would be discovered, disclosed, patched, and eventually remediated over a period…
As health systems continue to grapple with financial pressures from rising labor and supply costs and reimbursement challenges, days cash on hand remains an important measure of financial stability. Here are days cash on hand figures for 40 health systems…
CMS’s new risk-based survey process for skilled nursing facilities launched nationwide Sept. 8 CMS estimated that 1,560 nursing homes, or 12% of facilities, qualify for the new process and higher-performing designation. To qualify, a nursing home must meet several criteria…