Children’s Medical Center Plano in Texas, part of Children’s Health, has just opened a 395,000-square-foot patient tower, with the expansion tripling the campus’s bed capacity, the health system said.

Heading into 2025, the physician shortage is no better than in past years and in fact, is continuing to worsen, according to Carey Goryl, CEO of the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR). 

In an op-ed published in The New York Times on Friday, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed the backlash against the insurer following the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Ashland Community Hospital in Medford, Oregon is expanding its emergency department and surgical services as part of a new strategic plan that’s meant to facilitate the hospital’s long-term sustainability.

For hospitals to fully understand the patient experience, integration of the clinical, financial and communications sides of the patient journey is needed, according to Kelly Arduino, Healthcare Industry Leader at Wipfli. The electronic health record has the clinical side covered and the majority of  hospitals have an EHR. The financial side is available in software […]

Managing risk with third parties is crucial, as one piece of information will flow to 50 different data-sharing partners, such as pharmacies, says Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with the Regents of the University of California over its early intervention program over complaints that the program violated disability rights laws.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City has announced the appointment of Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2, 2025.  Quiroga comes to Children’s Mercy from Corewell Health in Michigan, where he served as president of Corewell Health West. He will replace current Children’s Mercy President and CEO Paul Kempinski, who announced his […]

A proposed bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced in the Senate would prohibit an insurer or a parent company of a pharmacy benefit manager from owning a pharmacy business. If passed, big insurers such as CVS Health, which owns Aetna; Cigna; and UnitedHealth Group would be forced to divest of any pharmacy assets. CVS Health owns the […]

The Federal Trade Commission is warning companies that market or generate sales leads for health plans not to engage in deceptive practices in an effort to stave off malfeasance in the industry.