Primary and urgent care providers represented by Doctors Council Service Employees International Union at clinics operated by Minneapolis-based Allina Health have authorized an open-ended strike. If scheduled, the strike would be “of whatever duration the bargaining team feels necessary to win the best possible contract,” Matt Hoffman, MD, a family medicine physician at Allina Health […]
Continue ReadingHere are four health systems that recently had their outlooks upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled from credit rating reports. Cook Children’s Medical Center’s outlook was revised to positive from stable by Moody’s. The revision reflects the Fort Worth, Texas-based […]
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Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal scientist proved untenable under the Trump administration. Philip Stewart, a Rocky Mountain Laboratories researcher focused on tick-borne diseases, said he retired two years earlier than planned because of hurdles that made it too challenging to […]
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‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication between patients and their health care providers, and social media’s role in public health. She joined the federal government in 2007 as a fellow and became a civil servant in 2010. She left her […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. Bill Cassidy offered jabs to thousands of inmates at Louisiana’s maximum-security prison in the early 2000s. A decade before that, he set up vaccine clinics in middle schools, a model hailed […]
Continue ReadingThe National Institutes of Health has lost thousands of workers since President Donald Trump began his second term. Among them: scientists who pioneered cancer treatments, researched tick-borne diseases, or worked to prevent tobacco use. We spoke to a half dozen scientists who said they left the agency because of the tumult of 2025 and talked […]
Continue ReadingGeneration Z employees entering the workforce often do not possess the skills needed to navigate the workplace. And leaders should understand the problem and learn how to fill in the gaps, Tessa West, PhD, professor of psychology at New York University in New York City, wrote in a March 1 article published in The Wall […]
Continue ReadingSan Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare has named Parikshet Babber, MD, chief medical officer, effective March 1. For the past two years, Dr. Babber has served as assistant CMO of the HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division and HCA Houston, according to a March 5 news release shared with Becker’s. In that role, he led quality and patient […]
Continue ReadingThree health systems have raised their minimum wage in 2026 as part of broader workplace investments. The moves come as health system leaders intensify their focus on retention and engagement. Organizations are balancing these priorities as financial pressure persists across the sector. In January, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health shared plans to raise its minimum […]
Continue ReadingUnitedHealth Group reported only 10 subsidiaries in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for 2025, down from thousands in 2024. UnitedHealth has been embracing expansion — and not just in 2025. For example, in 2022, UnitedHealth overcame Department of Justice antitrust concerns and was approved to acquire claims clearinghouse Change Healthcare for $7.8 billion. That momentum continued in 2025, which included the […]
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