SSt. Louis-based Ascension is regaining financial footing and re-entering acquisition mode after a period marked by portfolio divestitures and strategic restructuring. The nonprofit health system, ...

Cindy Bergmeier has been appointed CEO of TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Ms. Bergmeier has spent 15 years with HCA Healthcare, most ...

Here are six new drug shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Editor’s note: The drugs listed are in ...

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has tapped Shyam Sathanandam, MD, as chief of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Sathanandam has also been appointed to serve as co-director of the Nicklaus Children ...

Rite Aid is seeking to sell "substantially all its assets" and has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for the second time in less than two years to facilitate the process.

The 2024-to-2025 flu season hit a 15-year record of 216 pediatric deaths as of late April, according to CDC data published May 2.  Last season saw 207 pediatric flu deaths, while the most fatal flu ...

Health has launched its Children’s Heart Institute, which will provide care to children and adults living with congenital heart disorders and acquired heart disease. Experts from multiple ...

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health is partnering with Clearway Health to develop a specialty pharmacy program at the five-hospital system.  As part of the collaboration, pharmacists and ...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department issued a joint letter May 5 directing federal government agency leaders to develop a list of anticompetitive regulations that lessen competition ...

Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health, both based in Portland, said May 5 that they mutually agreed to terminate their planned merger. “After careful consideration of the evolving ...

Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic recognized the need for an organizational pivot to better align system strategic plans with major operational initiatives. That led to the creation of its Enterprise ...

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare tapped two physician leaders to helm its emergency medicine and pediatric service lines, according to a May 5 news release shared with Becker’s. Lauren Cooksey, ...