Visa renewals are processing again, but health systems and international physicians still have no clear path forward. In late April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its website to indicate physicians were no longer subject to a visa processing…
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Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has named Bradley Stevens, who served the system as a nuclear medicine technologist more than 20 years ago, as vice president of ambulatory services. Mr. Stevens most recently worked at Penn Medicine’s Lancaster (Pa.) General…
The “cicada” SARS-CoV-2 variant, which earned its nickname after staying relatively dormant following its discovery in 2024, has accounted for a small proportion of COVID-19 cases since the CDC began tracking the variant. In the week ending April 11, the…
For health system leaders, the pressure to move fast on artificial intelligence has rarely felt more acute. New tools emerge weekly, vendor pipelines are full and board-level expectations are rising. But Sunil Dadlani, executive vice president, chief information and digital…
The former CEO of an unnamed, publicly traded healthcare services company was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a $212 million scheme to defraud investors. Five things to know: 1. Parmjit “Paul” Parmar, of Colts Neck,…
Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System selected Michael Hartke to serve as its next president and CEO, effective July 5. Mr. Hartke currently serves as executive vice president and COO and joined St. Charles a little more than a year…
One of women’s biggest concerns is not having enough money to pay for healthcare, according to a Cleveland Clinic report published May 7. Researchers from the Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center at Cleveland Clinic surveyed 2,000 women ages 18…
Joining Delaware and Tennessee, California has become the third state to provide free diapers to newborns delivered at hospitals. The Golden State is the first to offer this program to all newborns. Through an effort called the Golden State Start,…
An analysis of more than 430,000 patients found metabolic and bariatric surgery results in 20 percentage-point greater weight loss than GLP-1 receptor agonist use, according to an article in the April issue of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Results…
Only 20 states are prepared for a public health emergency, a new Trust for America’s Health report found. The “Ready or Not 2026: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism” report groups states into three performance tiers: high,…