Employers are increasingly focused on GLP-1 costs as pharmacy spending continues to rise, according to Business Group on Health’s 2027 Employer Healthcare Strategy Survey. The survey, conducted in June, included 127 employers representing 11 million covered lives. Here are seven…
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Roughly 15% of hires at Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health over the past two fiscal years were rehires. More than 350 people previously employed by Meritus were hired again between 2024 and 2026, according to an Aug. 27 news release citing…
Ronan, Mont.-based St. Luke Community Healthcare will go live with an Oracle Health EHR system on Sept. 1, Lake County Leader reported Aug. 27. The new EHR system will be implemented across St. Luke’s hospital and four clinics. Patients will…
Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health plans to invest $1.7 billion in major expansions at two Michigan hospitals. The investment will expand capacity and modernize emergency and surgical care at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids and Corewell…
Five finalists have been chosen from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s nurse-led AI agent competition field and are now moving into proof-of-concept development Mayo received more than 450 submissions to the competition, which challenged nurses to design largely autonomous AI solutions…
The Villages (Fla.) Health, a primary and specialty care provider group, has agreed to pay $541.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting improper Medicare Advantage diagnosis codes, according to an Aug. 26 news…
A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a “MyChart Medicare Kit” or “Senior Health Package” to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or handing over personal information.…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine broke ground Aug. 26 on the WVU Medicine St. Clairsville (Ohio) Community Hospital, a $56 million investment to expand healthcare access in Belmont County (Ohio) and surrounding areas. The two-story, 55,000-square-foot hospital will comprise inpatient beds,…
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals using Epic’s EHR had adopted at least one ambient AI tool as of mid-2025, according to research published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The technology’s effect on clinician burnout has been well documented;…
Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aimed to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, physician leaders at seven children’s hospitals told Becker’s they are not changing how they recommend or administer vaccines. “This is a…