Wanda Foster, MSN, RN, has been named interim CEO of McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Ill., effective July 18. Ms. Foster succeeds CEO Bill Murdock, who is departing after seven years with the hospital, including the past two years as…
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About 450 clinicians at Boston-based Mass General Brigham Home Care returned to work July 15 after a seven-day strike, part of what the Massachusetts Nurses Association called the largest healthcare labor dispute in the state’s history alongside a separate nursing…
U.S. digital health startups raised $7.4 billion across 244 deals in the first half of 2026, up from $6.4 billion in the same period last year on nearly the same number of deals. Rock Health’s H1 2026 market report, published…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health has received the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation’s 2026 Employer Recognition Award. UCSF Health representatives were presented with the award May 15 at the Oncology Nursing Society’s annual meeting, according to a June 3 news release from…
Physician pay raises do not correlate to increases in happiness, data shows. Becker’s gathered data from Medscape’s “Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report” in 2025 and 2026 and pay data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024 to 2025…
Most revenue cycle teams can quickly identify what happened when a claim is denied. What many don’t know is what was paid incorrectly or what was never billed at all. Several of the country’s top revenue cycle leaders this say…
Health systems spent years decentralizing revenue cycle operations to give hospitals, physician groups and service lines greater autonomy. Now, many of the country’s largest health systems are moving in the opposite direction. Revenue cycle leaders recently interviewed by Becker’s pointed…
Medicare’s spending on hospice has nearly doubled, going from $15.5 billion to $27.5 billion from 2015 to 2024, according to a WatchBlog post from the Government Accountability Office. Here is what to know. 1. The increase in spending is partially…
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement named 14 systems in the U.S. to achieve Age-Friendly Health Systems Systemwide Spread. From 2024 to 2025, IHI convened 30 systems in the Age-Friendly System-wide Spread Collaborative. The collaborative focused on embedding the 4Ms model…
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living recognized a record number of facilities with the 2026 Silver-Achievement in Quality Award. The award — which is celebrating its 30th year — recognizes long-term care organizations that meet…