As the CDC investigates clusters of cyclosporiasis cases, including one multistate outbreak affecting nine states linked to iceberg lettuce, some hospital laboratories are operating 24/7 to match the outbreak’s pace. Between May 1 and July 27, the CDC has confirmed…
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Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is poised to become a 27-hospital, multiregion health system through its proposed partnership with Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health. The organizations signed a nonbinding letter of intent July 22 for Erlanger, a seven-hospital system, to join Prisma.…
Health IT leaders say the skill they can’t find isn’t AI or security alone, it’s someone fluent in both. The job title doesn’t exist on most org charts yet. But two health system IT leaders who spoke with Becker’s point…
CMS will discontinue the Part D premium stabilization program at the end of this year, returning the standalone prescription drug plan market to what the agency called “traditional market conditions.” CMS said July 28 its analysis of 2027 bids indicated…
More than 40 million Americans ask ChatGPT health questions every day, according to OpenAI’s own research, and a growing number of hospitals and health systems have adopted the company’s enterprise AI products. That footprint is now colliding with a stack…
As margins tighten across the industry, revenue cycle leaders are finding that one of the most reliable levers for financial performance sits closest to the patient: the billing experience itself. Automating payment collection, consolidating fragmented billing platforms and giving patients…
When New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health moved into Westchester County in 2016, acquiring two hospitals and two medical groups, it absorbed them into the same centralized operating model that governed everything else. What the system learned from that experience…
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has named Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley as its newest brand ambassador. Mr. Barkley will appear in Jefferson’s “Champions of Care” campaign alongside fellow Eagle Brandon Graham and make community appearances on the system’s behalf throughout…
Pharmacies in the Pittsburgh area are reporting shortages of estradiol patches used to treat menopause, perimenopause and gender dysphoria, according to a July 29 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. Pharmacists told the newspaper the supply constraints have lasted for months, with some…
Humana reported a $694 million profit for the second quarter, up more than 27% year over year, according to a July 29 earnings report. Revenue reached $40.8 billion, a 26% increase from the same period in 2025, driven by Medicare…