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NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County has performed its first breast tumor cryoablation procedure, becoming the first hospital in the NYC Health + Hospitals system to offer the minimally invasive breast cancer treatment. The procedure gives eligible early-stage breast cancer patients…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded an operating income of $516.7 million (11.1% operating margin) during the second quarter of 2026, compared to an operating income of $500.3 million (11.7% margin) during the same period last year, according…

Ten states have not expanded Medicaid, leaving an estimated 1.2 million adults without insurance, according to a July 27 KFF analysis. The rest of the country, including the District of Columbia, has expanded Medicaid, allowing adults who make up to…

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health broke ground July 27 on its hospital and medical office building in West Lafayette, Ind. It is an approximately $200 million project, according to a July 27 LinkedIn post from the health system. The 40-bed…

Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pa., began a five-day strike July 27, the union’s first since 2004. Six things to know: 1. The strike involves 950 workers at a 260-bed acute care…

David Cole, MD, became president of the Medical University of South Carolina in 2014, when the Charleston-based institution operated as a single-campus academic health system. Over the next 12 years, he led its expansion into an 18-hospital statewide network delivering…

Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp. has promoted Marybeth Moran to senior vice president of human resources.  In her new role, Ms. Moran will be responsible for human resource services across Community Hospital Corp.-managed, leased and owned facilities, as well as…

The number of children in the U.S. is declining, and the drop is sharpest in the country’s largest cities, The Wall Street Journal reported July 26. Where does that leave hospitals and health systems? The number of children under 18…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health and Siemens Healthineers have signed an $87 million Value Partnership for imaging and radiation oncology technology. The agreement makes Siemens Healthineers the primary technology provider for magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, molecular imaging, interventional radiology and…