After several months of controversy, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians have agreed to “reset” the negotiations surrounding a proposed deal to switch the system’s emergency department staffing partnership to Atlanta-based ApolloMD. According to a May 6 PeaceHealth…
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The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Pathology in Pennsylvania is expanding its AI infrastructure to support earlier and more accurate disease detection. The initiative centers on the Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence, which will deploy Dell Technologies servers…
The FDA has approved a companion diagnostic from Guardant Health to identify patients eligible for treatment with a targeted therapy developed by Pfizer and Arvinas. The blood-based test detects ESR1 mutations in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic…
Jay Krishnaswamy was appointed senior vice president and area manager of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s Central Valley Service Area, according to a May 4 health system news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Krishnaswamy most recently served as market CEO of…
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has promoted Lauren Wilds to associate vice president of revenue cycle performance and strategic partnerships, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Wilds has been with Henry Ford Health since 2022, according to her…
Since the Wegovy pill entered the U.S. market in early January, clinicians have written more than 2 million prescriptions for the weight loss GLP-1 pill, according to Novo Nordisk’s first-quarter financial results published May 6. The launch might have been…
The Joint Commission and National Association of Community Health Centers said May 6 they are collaborating to curate education, training and advisory services tailored to community health centers. In coming months, the organizations plan to launch an accreditation program for…
Physician compensation is increasingly tied to productivity, with the vast majority of physicians now eligible for incentive-based pay, according to Medscape’s “2026 Physician Compensation Report.“ Six things to know: 1. Incentive pay is now nearly universal. About 85% of physicians…
The Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of city-owned Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare assets to Florida State University, arguing the city violated state law in approving the deal. Spokespeople for Tallahassee Memorial…
Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System has named Michael Herr vice president and market COO for its Missouri and Kansas market, effective May 18. Mr. Herr brings COO experience and expertise in analytics, operations, management and healthcare improvement, according to a…