Shelly Schorer stepped into the role of CFO for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s South Region on March 1, bringing nearly a decade of financial leadership experience from the health system’s California operations to a region spanning seven markets across Arkansas, Kentucky,…
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UnitedHealth Group is moving up its share repurchase timeline, announcing plans to deploy at least $2 billion in buybacks by the end of the second quarter. The accelerated timeline is well ahead of its original guidance, which had back-loaded repurchases…
Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans, represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, plan to begin a five-day strike May 1 — the hospital’s sixth since October 2024. The union represents more than…
UnitedHealth Group is betting big on AI in 2026 — $1.5 billion to be exact. During the company’s Q1 earnings call, leaders fleshed out how that investment is materializing. “Think about it this way: A third of this is explicitly…
A video game developed by Pittsburgh-based UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers helped emergency physicians make more accurate trauma triage decisions for severely injured older adults than standard education. The study, published April 20 in JAMA, followed 800 physicians at…
Of the 600 U.S. companies recognized on Forbes‘ 2026 list of “America’s Best Employers for Company Culture,” 10 health systems ranked among the top 50. Forbes partnered with market search firm Statista to survey more than 217,000 U.S. employees working…
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to reauthorize two federal telehealth grant programs. HR 3419 amends the Public Health Service Act to continue the Telehealth Network Grant Program and the Telehealth Resource Centers through 2030, raising annual…
While early research suggests the “Cicada” SARS-CoV-2 variant may infect children more easily than adults, children’s hospitals do not appear to be experiencing significant surges in cases or admissions. An analysis of data from New York City shows children are…
Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System has entered into an agreement to assume operations of MedWise Urgent Care, which operates nine locations across northeastern Oklahoma. Three things to know: 1. Saint Francis is buying the facilities from QuikTrip, a gas…
Amazon has spent years trying to break into healthcare, and while some bets have fizzled, the company’s footprint in the industry is still expanding. Amazon has pursued that goal through a mix of acquisitions, launches and experiments, not all of…