CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota…
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Casey Means, MD, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Feb. 25 as she seeks to become the nation’s surgeon general, fielding questions about vaccines and her clinical background. Dr. Means, a wellness influencer, author and…
The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 ruling against President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs marked a major legal setback, but it is not a full reprieve for hospital leaders and pharmaceutical manufacturers navigating global supply chains. In…
A ransomware group is demanding money from Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center after a Feb. 19 cyberattack, a health system leader told SuperTalk Mississippi. After the hack, the health system took some of its IT systems offline to contain…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded a net income of $1.5 billion in 2025, up from $1.1 billion in 2024, according to its Feb. 25 financial report. Eight things to know: 1. The for-profit system reported an operating…
Fourteen clients have renewed their contracts with Altera Digital Health for its Sunrise EHR. The health systems that signed multiyear contracts for Sunrise include Phoenix Children’s, St. Mary’s, Ohio-based Grand Lake Health System and New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special…
One in 5 children aged 2 to 19 in the U.S. are living with obesity, marking the highest rate ever recorded, according to newly published data from the CDC. The agency published two reports Feb. 25 examining obesity prevalence in…
Health systems are already saving millions of dollars by consolidating their IT application portfolios, with some just getting started on the process, executives told Becker’s. Amid healthcare’s digital transformation, organizations adopted numerous point solutions. But now they’re reevaluating whether they’re…
Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital has named Michelle McGrory, DNP, RN, as chief nursing officer. The orthopedic hospital is part of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, where Dr. McGrory has worked for the past 20 years, according to a…
Epic is rolling out disease outbreak alerts in spring 2026 to flag when conditions such as measles or salmonella increase above expected levels. The Health Alerts feature will include data down to the county level, according to a Feb. 24…