Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Health System has agreed to pay $4.2 million and enter a three-year compliance agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration to resolve allegations it violated multiple provisions of the Controlled Substances Act across dozens of registered…
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Tucson, Ariz.-based TMC Health promoted two executives in health system operational and external affairs roles. Mimi Coomler, BSN, was named executive vice president and COO, a newly created role designed to “bring sharper focus and momentum to enterprise execution” as…
The national nurse faculty shortage is a growing issue with which hospitals, health systems and states are grappling. Currently, universities and health systems are opening and expanding their nursing programs to meet the demand of students seeking to enter the…
The Ralph H. Johnson VA Health System in Charleston, S.C., is the 2026 recipient of the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize, the AHA said July 9. Three health systems were named finalists: Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, Hartford-based Connecticut…
Private insurance — not Medicare or Medicaid — is the biggest reason 720 rural hospitals are at risk of closing, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. CHQPR’s analysis, current as of May 2026, found the hospitals,…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Cancer Center’s annual Prouty fundraiser raised a record $12,010,204 for cancer research and patient support programs. More than 4,700 participants, volunteers, donors and supporters took part, marking the highest fundraising total in the event’s 45-year history, according…
Maia Healy has exited her role as CFO of The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., which is operated by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services. “It is with mixed emotions that my time at UHS has come…
Erica Gregonis, MD, the former chief medical officer and vice president of Baptist Health Richmond (Ky.), recently became CMO at a three-hospital system in Kentucky. In a July 8 news release, Owensboro (Ky.) Health announced Dr. Gregonis as its chief…
Health systems still size most physician panels against a long-standing benchmark of 1,800 to 2,000 patients, but that number is probably wrong, according to a July 9 Kaufman Hall analysis. The benchmark, usually paired with simple age and gender adjustments,…
Rejections of initial brand-name prescription attempts increased from 24.3% in 2018 to 40.7% in 2024, according to a July 9 JAMA study. Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Enterprise Institute led the study.…