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Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System filed plans with the City of Tampa to renovate a former CVS pharmacy into a freestanding emergency department, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth reported March 12. If approved, the vacant one-story building on South Dale…
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has shared additional details about its proposed pediatric hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., which would be the system’s second hospital in Illinois and first inpatient hospital outside Chicago. Hospital leaders said…
Brunswick, Ga.-based Southeast Georgia Health System is transitioning patient statement services to RevSpring in late March as part of an effort to enhance its patient billing system. The transition introduces expanded digital billing options that allow patients to receive statements…
The FDA’s vaccine advisory committee has unanimously recommended updating the strains included in this fall’s flu vaccines, endorsing a new variant that emerged late in 2025 and quickly became dominant. On March 12, members of the Vaccine and Related Biological…
As measles continues spreading across the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades, physicians are warning about a rare but often fatal neurological complication that can emerge years after initial infection, KFF Health News reported March 13. Subacute sclerosing…
The American College of Radiology is supporting a call from 10 medical specialty societies and academies urging Cigna Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare to update their coverage policies for peripheral nerve stimulation used to treat chronic pain. Current payer policies classify the…
Mount Sinai Chief Revenue Officer Debra Jaeger, MSN, RN, has found space for herself as a liaison between clinical and financial teams. Before transitioning to revenue cycle, Ms. Jaeger began her healthcare career in nursing, she told Becker’s on a…
After attending HIMSS March 9-12 in Las Vegas, health system CIOs are excited about implementing agentic AI — and getting a return on investment from it — while governance is becoming “cool,” as one leader put it. The healthcare IT…
MaineHealth is piloting a career navigator services program to aid participants in its free certified nursing assistant training. The pilot, which was launched at Maine Medical Center Portland, will help CNAs explore growth opportunities, assist with transitions between specialties and…