New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed multiple bills into law March 6 that aim to reform hospital funding, medical malpractice rules and patient billing. Ms. Lujan Grisham signed the bills at the soon-to-open Los Lunas, N.M.-based Valencia County Hospital,…
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Forty-four lawsuits against Kettering (Ohio) Health over a 2025 ransomware attack have been consolidated into a single complaint. The 14-hospital system was struck by the Interlock ransomware group in May 2025, causing the organization to shut down all 600 of…
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health delivered $27.9 million in value in 2025 from an AI assistant developed with Google Cloud. The payer-provider’s employees have now prompted the generative AI tool, Sidekick, over 6 million times, and the application has 74 active use…
Here are four health systems that recently had their outlooks upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled from credit rating reports. Cook Children’s Medical Center’s outlook…
Primary and urgent care providers represented by Doctors Council Service Employees International Union at clinics operated by Minneapolis-based Allina Health have authorized an open-ended strike. If scheduled, the strike would be “of whatever duration the bargaining team feels necessary to…
CHS is continuing to shrink its hospital portfolio and Providence struck a deal to sell a California hospital. Here are eight hospital M&A deals that Becker’s reported during the week of March 2: 1. The Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health’s newly appointed chief pharmacy officer is focused on expanding the system’s enterprise pharmacy strategy and positioning pharmacy as a key driver of value-based care. Kristen Kruszewski, PharmD, recently stepped into the systemwide role and said one…
The Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization, has completed its long-awaited acquisition of Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings, marking the end of a multiyear process involving regulatory reviews and…
Opelousas (La.) General Health System is expanding a shared technology infrastructure model designed to help rural hospitals access advanced IT capabilities without increasing costs. The health system partnered with technology solutions firm Triad Executive Advisors in 2025 to modernize its…
In the four weeks after President Donald Trump and federal health agencies raised unfounded risks about using Tylenol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy, orders for the pain medication declined 10% in emergency departments, according to a new study. At the same time,…