More than 1 in 7 pregnant women in the U.S. reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days, according to a CDC study published June 11 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Researchers analyzed 2021-2024 data from the Behavioral…
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Greg Rodriguez ended his role June 11 as board director of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District and Foundation Board to pursue plans to become the district’s new CEO, according to a news release. The news comes after the Desert…
Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager under Cigna’s Evernorth Health Services, filed a federal lawsuit June 12 against Tennessee officials regarding the state’s Freedom, Access and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy Act, also known as the FAIR Rx Act. According to…
Nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers in the U.S. is a registered nurse, according to May 2025 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. RNs represent about 19% of the nation’s healthcare practitioner and healthcare support workforce, according to BLS…
The $50 billion Congress set aside for rural healthcare in HR 1 will be outpaced by Medicaid, ACA marketplace and SNAP cuts by 2029, according to a June 9 report from The Commonwealth Fund. The report’s authors used an economic…
Two June 8 reports from the HHS Office of Inspector General highlighted post-acute care denials and overturned appeals from Medicare Advantage organizations. Both reports focused on June 2024, looking across 19 MA organizations. The first report found the three largest MA organizations…
Stony Brook Southampton (N.Y.) Hospital, part of Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine, has appointed Richard Stumacher, MD, as its chief medical officer. Dr. Stumacher is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine with more than 20…
Doug Saegesser has been named CFO of MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M., according to a June 12 LinkedIn post. With 30 years of experience, Mr. Saegesser most recently served as market CFO for the western Arizona market…
Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy is offering voluntary early retirement to an undisclosed number of employees, The Beacon reported June 12. The pediatric health system employs nearly 9,000 people, according to the report. In a statement shared with Becker’s, Children’s…
Brian DeFeo, vice president of financial operations at West Islip, N.Y.-based Good Samaritan University Hospital, has flagged “one of the biggest misconceptions in healthcare finance”: the path to improved margins is not through cutting expenses, but by improving operations. Good…