Here are 34 department closures or services that are ending or have been announced, advanced or finalized that Becker’s reported since Jan. 1: 1. Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health shared plans May 13 to end inpatient labor and delivery, newborn nursery…
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The American College of Radiology is urging the FDA to address ongoing shortages of stereotactic breast biopsy needles, warning that the supply constraints are disrupting patient access to diagnostic care nationwide. The FDA added stereotactic breast biopsy needles to its…
Nurse practitioners in Arkansas saw a 12% increase in average pay between 2024 and 2025, the highest jump across all states, according to data published May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While California continues to pay the highest…
Time’s inaugural list of the “World’s Most Impactful Companies of 2026” features more than 100 U.S.-based healthcare organizations, including four health systems. Time partnered with Statista to launch the list, which highlights 500 companies that address high-priority global challenges as…
The CDC confirmed May 14 there are no hantavirus cases in the United States, even as the number of Americans being monitored has grown. A leading infectious disease expert is also pushing back on how the outbreak is being characterized. …
In this episode, Dr. Gerard Criner, Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of the Temple Lung Center at Temple Health, shares how multidisciplinary collaboration, data driven…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Siva Balu, Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Quartz. He discusses the operational challenges facing payers today, how AI and automation are improving affordability and…
In this episode, Sham Firdausi, Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the County of Santa Clara Health System, joins the podcast to discuss balancing financial stability with innovation in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. He shares a three-pronged approach to sustainable…
'The day we can't make payroll, it's over': Inside 1 rural Minnesota hospital's fight to stay afloat
Like many rural hospitals across the country, Madelia (Minn.) Health’s pockets are running dry, leaving the 25-bed critical access facility with negative days cash on hand for more than two years, and a growing uncertainty of its future. “We’ve been…
Greg Flicek has been named CFO of Scotland Health in Laurinburg, N.C., according to a May 11 news release. Prior to his new role, Mr. Flicek founded the Healthcare Finance Center, where he developed benchmarking and analytics platforms to help…