On June 22, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Melchiorre Cancer Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. The cancer center cost $225 million, according to a June 23 news…
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Hopkinsville, Ky.-based Jennie Stuart Health has acquired six physician practices and clinics, adding to its growing provider network. The acquisitions include Generations Primary Care, MDVIP, Hopkinsville Family Care, Western Kentucky Pulmonary Clinic, Elkton Clinic and Crofton Clinic, according to a…
A Massachusetts task force assembled by Gov. Maura Healey released a June 22 report that revealed the healthcare consequences of the unfinished Norwood (Mass.) Hospital’s closure, urging the legislature to let the state take the unfinished facility through eminent domain…
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital was the highest-performing U.S. healthcare institution on Nature‘s 2026 Research Leaders ranking. Nature used research output data from 178 publications between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2025, to assess organizations’ research quality and institutional performance.…
It’s not every day the country’s largest healthcare company provides on-the-record access to its senior leadership team, no topics barred. But that is exactly what UnitedHealth Group has done, inviting reporters and social media influencers to its corporate headquarters in…
As patient portal use continues to grow, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is exploring whether AI can help patients get answers faster while reducing administrative burden on clinicians. The health system launched an AI-powered assistant inside its patient portal…
Anthony Coleman, DHA, has been appointed president of two Dignity Health hospitals in a newly combined role. Dr. Coleman will serve as hospital president for Dignity Health-St. Bernardine Medical Center and Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.), effective June 29,…
Nursing home and residential care facilities’ staffing is rebounding, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Here is what to know. 1. Since the pandemic, the number of workers in nursing facilities has steadily risen. As of May, the industry…
Based on FAIR Health commercial claims data, the national median in-network cost of a C-section for commercially insured patients is $19,911, compared with $15,728 for a vaginal delivery. The figures come from FAIR Health’s Cost of Giving Birth Tracker, an…
Orthopedic practices are running full clinic and surgical schedules while documentation demands keep climbing, pushing physicians into after-hours charting and capping how many patients they can see. Ambient AI has become a near-ubiquitous documentation aid, but the more pressing question…