Category: Press Release

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals have ratified a new labor contract with San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare. The four-year contract, approved by a supermajority of members, covers about 5,700 registered nurses, according to a Jan. 23 news release shared with Becker’s. It takes effect upon ratification and will expire […]

There’s a lot going on in Washington right now. While President Donald Trump has been grabbing for Greenland, he’s also talked in the White House about health policy — whether it’s the Rural Health Transformation Program, ways to address the nation’s spiraling health costs, or an effort to promote whole milk in schools.  At the same time, congressional Republicans are eyeing health issues from the “Make America Healthy Again” perspective, hoping it will provide a boost in the midterm elections.  Here’s why.  […]

Luego de un año de brotes continuos de sarampión que han enfermado a más de 2.400 personas, Estados Unidos está a punto de perder su estatus como país libre de sarampión. Sin embargo, el recién nombrado subdirector principal de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), […]

This week would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, abortion has been banned in 13 states and severely limited in 10 others. Yet anti-abortion activists remain frustrated, in some cases even […]

Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for a proposed federal rule setting minimum staff levels for nursing homes. Finally, after decades of advocacy, the Biden administration in 2023 tackled the problem of perennial understaffing of long-term care facilities. […]

Hospitals are bracing for a rise in emergency department volumes following the expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits and looming cuts to Medicaid under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  Nearly 5 million people are projected to lose coverage without an extension of the subsidies, according to estimates from the Urban Institute. An additional […]

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is evolving its revenue cycle structure to accelerate access to care and bring new technology and innovation into daily operations. Novant Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer Heather Dunn said the system has reorganized its revenue cycle teams around the patient’s entire financial journey, “creating clear accountability and enabling faster, […]

Haverhill, Mass.-based Merrimack Health is one of the newest health systems in the country — and one of the most unusually formed. Created in the aftermath of Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy, the three-hospital system brings together Lawrence General Hospital and Holy Family Hospital campuses in Haverhill and Methuen, Mass., under a single regional identity. […]

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health has announced conceptual plans to expand its Butterworth Hospital campus with a 621,000 square-foot facility that would include a new emergency department and 180 private beds.  The proposed project would also include 12 to 16 operating rooms, according to a Jan. 21 news release from the health system.  Over the […]

Willows, Calif.-based Glenn Medical Center could have its critical access status restored under a new bipartisan funding agreement, potentially allowing the shuttered hospital to reopen, Action News Now reported Jan. 22.  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., who died in early January, introduced the legislation that backs the agreement. It aims to […]