Verily has raised $300 million in a new investment round and is restructuring its ownership as it looks to advance its precision health strategy. The Dallas-based company said the funding round was led by Series X Capital, with participation from…
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New York state has launched a pilot program to integrate firearm access and injury risk screening into emergency department visits. The initiative, supported by a $1.5 million investment from the New York State Office of Gun Violence Prevention, expands New…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Minneapolis-based Allina Health signed a letter of intent March 17 to form a 39-hospital system spanning California, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Under the proposed deal, Allina Health would become Sutter Health’s Upper Midwest division while retaining…
Todd Roberts, CFO of Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., a member of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, has detailed the complexities surrounding a strategic partnership with the health system’s 340B program. Mr. Roberts, who joined the hospital in April 2025,…
Healthcare workers at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice in Mount Laurel, N.J., and Inspira Health in Mullica Hill, N.J., have voted to join the Health Professionals and Allied Employees in separate National Labor Relations Board elections. The vote at Samaritan covers…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is continuing to execute its growth strategy, with a focus on outpatient and behavioral health expansion, President and CEO Marc D. Miller told Becker’s. The system’s recent plan to acquire online behavioral health…
Twelve Democratic senators signed a March 19 letter detailing their plan for health insurance reforms. The letter said Senate Finance Committee Democratic staff will design policies to elevate affordability, break down barriers to accessing insurance and rein in insurance companies.…
The highest dose of Eli Lilly’s investigational drug, retatrutide, helped adults with Type 2 diabetes lower their A1Cs about 2% and shed an average 33.3 pounds, or 15.3% of their body weight, in a clinical trial. Retatrutide is a triple…
Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health has received state approval to move forward with its $138 million expansion at ECU Health Medical Center. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services gave conditional approval to add five operating rooms, including four…
Increased spending on hospital advertisements is linked to a rise in emergency department visits and Medicare spending, according to research at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania. For a 10% increase in a regional market’s hospital ads (about 150 more ad impressions),…