Tyler Stapp has been appointed CEO of Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kan. Mr. Stapp most recently served as COO of Pineville (Ky.) Community Health Center, a 120-bed acute care hospital, according to his LinkedIn profile. He stepped…
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Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System named Angie Longing, BSN, RN, as president and CEO, effective July 20. Ms. Longing most recently served as interim president of CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark., and senior vice president and chief…
Twenty healthcare organizations were featured on Business Group on Health’s 2026 list of 56 honorees for excellence in health and well-being. The companies on the 21st annual list, published April 22, were recognized for commitment to advancing employee well-being through…
Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital has delayed plans to close by July 1 amid ongoing discussions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, city, county and state leaders to keep the facility open. “Nothing changes operationally today,” John Quinlivan, president and…
Hospital-based acute care physicians represented by Doctors Council SEIU at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare have voted to ratify a new three-year labor contract. The agreement, which covers more than 500 physicians, marks the first union contract for healthcare workers in Delaware…
Epic was one of 10 healthcare organizations featured on Time’s “Most Influential Companies of 2026” list. The sixth edition of the list, published April 27, included 205 companies across 20 sectors. The health companies included pharmaceutical manufacturers, telehealth providers and…
Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa plan to strike July 6 outside Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Allina Health’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The union represents 65 hospice nurses who provide…
The California Department of Public Health has approved temporary rule waivers for 23 hospitals after a nurse-patient ratio rule went into effect June 1, Mercury News reported June 29. The new regulations require 35 psychiatric hospitals to assign one nurse…
A. Brent Eastman, MD, who served as chief medical officer of San Diego-based Scripps Health for nearly two decades and as president of the American College of Surgeons, died June 24. To those at Scripps, he is remembered as a…
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved dissolving the corporate entity of Sparrow Health System, completing its administrative integration into University of Michigan Health. The regents voted on the measure at their June 25 meeting. A University of…