From Community Health Systems’ exits from Pennsylvania and Arkansas to Prime Healthcare acquiring its 55th hospital, here are 18 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health completed its acquisition of eight community hospitals from Louisville,…
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The FBI opened a 22,000-square-foot simulated town on its Redstone Arsenal campus in Huntsville, Ala., that includes a fully wired mock hospital agents use to train for ransomware response and other cyber investigations. The Kinetic Cyber Range, operated by the…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in 41 states, according to CDC data. In April, the CDC updated its state data on leading causes of death, and mortality rates for several diseases and accidents. The most recent data…
Two health systems owned by Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health announced layoffs, citing rising costs, shifting payer dynamics and a challenging policy environment. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System is laying off 43 positions — primarily administrative and support roles — a…
Federal prosecutors filed a June 11 emergency motion to dismiss an indictment with prejudice against two co-defendants in the COVID-19 testing fraud case connected to Anosh Ahmed, MD, former CFO and COO of Chicago-based Loretto Hospital. The government’s emergency motion,…
Keith Rivera has been named CIO of Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine. Mr. Rivera announced the appointment in a June 11 LinkedIn post. Prior to joining Nebraska Medicine, he served as CIO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., beginning in 2022.
The case-fatality rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is 19.2%, a marked improvement over previous Bundibugyo virus outbreaks, which had mortality rates of 25% to 50%. There have been about 30 Ebola outbreaks since 1976,…
In this episode, Morgan Kendrick, EVP and President, Commercial Health Benefits, Elevance Health, discusses the rising cost pressures facing employers and explores how balanced funding, self-funding, and multiple employer welfare arrangements can help improve affordability while simplifying healthcare benefits for…
In this episode, Alan Condon, Editor-in-Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, discusses Ascension’s landmark acquisition of AMSURG, the continued evolution of outpatient care strategies, and how independent rural health systems are pursuing growth and sustainability amid financial and reimbursement challenges.
States vary significantly in how many medical school graduates they produce per 100,000 residents, though the figures reflect where physicians are trained, not where they ultimately practice. Becker’s calculated graduates per 100,000 residents using 2025 U.S. Census Bureau population estimates…