Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and The Pennant Group are deepening their home-based care partnership in Connecticut and plan to transition the collaboration into a unified operating entity. The move builds on a partnership launched in May 2024 between Hartford HealthCare at…
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A former nursing school operator in Florida pleaded guilty June 15 to selling approximately 2,600 fake degrees as part of a broader, yearslong scheme that the Justice Department said resulted in 7,500 to 15,000 falsified diplomas. Carleen Noreus operated two…
The nation’s three largest pharmacy chains have been shrinking for years. Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy and shuttered about 800 stores, CVS has closed 900 locations while Walgreens announced plans to close 1,200 more. The cumulative effect: in 46% of…
Oracle Health spent the first half of 2026 accelerating its push to remake healthcare technology through AI, expanding its footprint across the Department of Veterans Affairs and introducing new interoperability tools, even as the company cut hundreds of jobs tied…
James Varnum, who served as president of what is now Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health’s flagship medical center for nearly three decades, died May 26 after several years of battling Parkinson’s disease, according to his obituary. He was 85. Mr. Varnum…
CMS has issued fines to 28 hospitals for alleged price transparency violations. Here are the fine amounts CMS has levied against those hospitals: Note: Pinnacle Hospital’s total reflects two separate CMS penalties: $51,615 in February 2026 and $40,356 in June…
Peter Stafford, MD, the American physician who contracted Ebola, has recovered and returned to the U.S., CBS News reported June 15. Here are the latest updates on the Ebola outbreak. 1. Dr. Stafford, his wife and their four children all…
Thirty-eight U.S. universities ranked among the top 100 in the world for clinical medicine, a U.S. News & World Report ranking found. U.S. News’ “Best Global Universities” ranked 2,250 of the world’s top universities overall and by 51 academic subject…
Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health has acquired South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, expanding its footprint to 13 hospitals. The health system assumed operations of the 151-bed hospital June 14 and formally welcomed the facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony…
Becker’s has reported on nine hospitals and health systems that have promoted finance leaders to the chief executive role in 2026: 1. Doug Shirley was named CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth June 10, as part of an executive leadership transition.…