Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have formed a joint venture to build and operate a new 84-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Sterling Heights, Mich. The four-story hospital will be built next to Corewell…
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Hospitals are seeing more self-pay patients as coverage losses mount across both the ACA and Medicaid markets. In a study published Aug. 31, Epic Research found self-pay visits are increasing across hospital settings as Medicaid enrollment has fallen across the…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System reached a settlement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office that places conditions on its acquisition of Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System. The deal marks an expansion of WVU Health System’s Pennsylvania footprint. It has operated…
Joe Hodges was promoted to chief operations executive of St. Louis-based SSM Health, according to a Sept. 2 news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Hodges most recently served as regional president for Oklahoma and Mid-Missouri, and the new role expands…
Nurse practitioner is projected to be the fastest-growing occupation in the U.S. economy over the next decade, and it leads a healthcare field that will account for 37% of all new American jobs through 2035, according to Bureau of Labor…
The FTC has vowed to block “bad hospital deals” after it helped steer Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, away from Columbus-based OhioHealth’s planned purchase and toward a Sept. 1 acquisition by Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health. A previous FTC staff…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health recorded operating income of $76.1 million (1.4% margin) in the second quarter of 2026, down from $100.3 million (2% margin) in the same quarter last year, according to its Aug. 31 financial report. Six…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has sold Dominion Hospital, a behavioral health facility in Falls Church, Va., to Woodmere, N.Y.-based Hill Valley Healthcare for $25 million. The company approached HCA as part of its interest in making additional investments in Virginia,…
Health systems are increasingly turning to a workforce that doesn’t require a clinical license: individuals who have experienced a psychiatric disorder — such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or substance use disorder — and have been trained to counsel or assist others…
California hospitals and health systems have seen a heavy year for layoffs, shedding hundreds of jobs tied to challenges like thinning margins, policy and economic headwinds and rising operating costs. Here are seven hospitals and health systems in California conducting…