Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, pleaded guilty Aug. 11 in federal court in Columbia, S.C., to conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to appear, following his role in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment fraud scheme. Kimble…
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UNC Health Pardee in Hendersonville, N.C., has been designated as a Level III Trauma Center by the state. The three-year designation follows a 12- to 15-month trauma operational period and an on-site review by trauma experts and state evaluators, according…
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health and Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health have expanded their use of Microsoft’s agentic AI platform. Brown University Health built more than two dozen AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio, including two emergency department agents embedded in…
Fairfield Medical Center President and CEO John “Jack” Janoso Jr. will step down upon completion of the Lancaster, Ohio-based system’s pending partnership agreement with Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health, according to a statement shared with Becker’s. Mr. Janoso shared his decision…
Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital will lay off nine employees as part of its financial recovery plan and goal to strengthen the hospital’s long-term stability. The workforce reduction comes after an evaluation of the hospital’s financial outlook, staffing levels and operational…
Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) launched the Health AI Cybersecurity Work Group on Aug. 12, tapping cybersecurity leaders from eight health systems to build the sector’s first peer-developed playbooks on frontier AI model cyber risk. A leadership council steers the…
Hospitals in multiple states have earned new trauma center designations or secured re-verification in 2026, expanding access to emergency care and reinforcing regional trauma networks. The designations — awarded by state health departments or the American College of Surgeons —…
A no-confidence vote against a hospital CEO is often — but not always — followed by a fairly quick exit. Becker’s analyzed 12 instances over the past five years of medical staff and nurses’ unions expressing “no confidence” in their…
San Francisco-based Hims & Hers plans to start selling compounded peptides by the end of 2026, with six more to follow pending final FDA rulemaking, executives said Aug. 10. The direct-to-consumer telehealth company laid out a phased rollout on its…
UnitedHealth Group’s board of directors approved a per-share cash dividend of $2.32 to be paid Sept. 22. The dividend will be paid to all shareholders of the company’s common stock as of business close on Sept. 14. The company released…