Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of a digital mental health company, has been sentenced to six years in prison and fined $1 million for her role in a scheme involving the unlawful distribution of Adderall, healthcare fraud and obstruction…
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Lori Martin, BSN, was named COO and chief nursing officer of Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville, Tenn., after serving in the inaugural interim role for the past four months. In her dual role, Ms. Martin will oversee operations, support growth…
Most hospitals have invested heavily in visibility — dashboards, daily huddle reports and capacity snapshots — yet boarded emergency department patients, delayed discharges and capacity bottlenecks remain familiar. The problem is often the gap between what the data shows and…
CVS Health and its long-term care pharmacy subsidiary, Omnicare, have reached a Justice Department settlement with a $440 million floor. The settlement would resolve a false claims case that resulted in a nearly $950 million judgment. A jury had previously…
Camden, Ark.-based Ouachita County Medical Center transitioned to a rural emergency hospital July 1 after it received approval from CMS. Glenda Harper, who has been president and CEO of the center since August 2025, told Becker’s the hospital made the…
The District of Columbia has the highest concentration of diagnostic radiologists in the U.S., with 47.00 diagnostic radiologists per capita, according to a Becker’s analysis of state-level diagnostic radiologist counts and 2025 U.S. population estimates from KFF. The number of…
Wendi De Leon, RN, has been appointed president of Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. Ms. De Leon has more than two decades of healthcare experience and has held executive leadership roles across Baptist Health System, according to a July…
From Community Health Systems’ exits from Pennsylvania and Arkansas to Prime Healthcare acquiring its 55th hospital, here are 21 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network finalized an affiliation agreement July 1 to acquire Beaver,…
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System has named Edward “Eddie” Graebert, RN, COO and chief nursing officer of Meridian (Idaho) Medical Center, effective June 28. Mr. Graebert joined St. Luke’s in 2022 and most recently served as director of surgical…
In this episode, Bonnie Thompson, Chief Operating Officer of Forest Family Dentistry, joins the podcast to discuss how AI is enabling quicker diagnoses and improving efficiency in dental care. She also shares her perspective on economic uncertainty, its impact on…