The Georgia Composite Medical Board issued a position statement in early May reinterpreting a 2006 state law in a way that advanced practice registered nurses warn will force clinic closures and cut off healthcare access across rural Georgia, The Georgia…
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After several months of controversy, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians have agreed to “reset” the negotiations surrounding a proposed deal to switch the system’s emergency department staffing partnership to Atlanta-based ApolloMD. According to a May 6 PeaceHealth…
Physicians are increasingly uncertain if their career choice was worth the debt they took on for training — and some of them would not choose medicine again under new federal caps on student loans, according to new data from Panacea…
Houston-based symplr, a leader in enterprise healthcare operations software trusted in 9 of 10 U.S. hospitals and more than 400 U.S. health plans, has appointed Venkat Kavarthapu CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Kavarthapu brings more than 25 years of healthcare technology…
This article was last updated March 20, 2026 at 4:16 p.m. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has asked Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth to pause its plan to transition its emergency room staffing contract for 180 days, NPR-affiliate KLCC reported March 18. Here…
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A former transplant program director at Memorial Hermann has been charged with five counts of falsifying medical records that potentially made some patients ineligible for organ donations, according to a Feb. 5 Justice Department news release. John “Steve” Bynon Jr.,…
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth will not renew its contract with its current emergency physicians, opting to partner with Atlanta-based ApolloMD instead, CBS affiliate KCBY reported Feb. 5. PeaceHealth’s current contracts with Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians will end May 30 at PeaceHealth…