James Leonard, MD, president and CEO of Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health, has written a new children’s book for his grandson and is sharing it publicly. “The Giraffe in the Backyard” is about a young boy, Finn, who finds a giraffe…
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St. Louis-based Ascension is on track to reduce avoidable emergency department visits by 5% within just two years across most of the markets it operates in across 19 states. Behind this progress is a deep commitment to addressing social determinants…
AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) has appointed Omayra Mansfield, MD, as vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Mansfield joins the hospital from AdventHealth Apopka (Fla.), where she’s served as CMO since 2020. Under her leadership, the hospital launched a STEMI program,…
House Republicans on May 11 floated a bill that would impose up to $715 billion in Medicaid and ACA cuts over the next decade — reductions that hospital leaders warn would leave millions without coverage and put essential hospitals at…
Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System has named Amy Knight chief administrative officer. In her new role, Ms. Knight will report to Cook Children’s president and CEO Rick Merrill, according to a May 8 news release. Prior to…
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Congress is weighing Medicaid spending cuts of up to $880 billion or more over the next 10 years, but the reductions are expected to be a major headwind for hospitals, where 26% of inpatient visits are paid for by Medicaid,…
Avalon, Calif.-based Catalina Island Health received $3 million in one-time funding to help keep its doors open. Catalina Island Health is the island’s only source of emergency medical care for residents, workers and more than 1 million annual visitors, according…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente laid off 38 California employees across multiple locations April 21, according to multiple WARN notices. The positions were primarily business function-related and do not provide patients direct care, a spokesperson for Kaiser said in an April…
Though Boston Scientific brought in $4.66 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2025, up 20.9% year over year, the medical devicemaker is bracing for a potential $200 million hit in the second half of the year stemming from…
Across the U.S., maternity services at hospitals, particularly in rural areas, are disappearing at an alarming rate. Over the last five years, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery services, according…