Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center has paused inpatient services, but its emergency department is still accepting patients, a spokesperson for the health system said in an Oct. 29 statement shared with Becker’s. “We continue to explore all available options for…
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Nearly 60% of CEOs plan to replace a member of their senior leadership team within the next six months, and CFOs top the list, according to an October report from Boston Consulting Group. That share rises to 70% of those…
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Since December 2025, the following hospitals and health systems have said they plan to raise their workers’ pay. Editor’s note: This webpage was published Jan. 9 and is updated regularly. It was last updated Oct. 29. October 1. About 1,500…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health’s plan to issue about $225 million in new bonds to help fund its Oct. 31 Epic launch has not affected capital projects, Joe Wysock, the system’s vice president of facilities, told Becker’s. “Honestly, I’ve seen…
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down a key part of CMS’ “medically frail” definition for Medicaid work requirement exemptions on Oct. 29. In June, 25 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over its interim final…
The University of Tennessee Medical Center grew surgical case volume 8% without adding a single operating room. The organization is a Level I trauma center in Knoxville, Tenn. It runs 36 ORs, a hospital-based surgery center, an endoscopy center and…
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As Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN, prepares to retire as president and CEO of York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health, she points to whether to expand beyond South Central Pennsylvania as one of the most challenging strategic decisions of her tenure. That move…
Jennifer Shuford, MD, the CDC’s deputy director and chief medical officer, is the latest senior official to leave the agency. An infectious disease physician and former Texas health commissioner, she was hired in April as part of a leadership team…