Category: Press Release

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System’s proposed $450 million acquisition of Crestwood Medical Center would mark its largest acquisition in recent years, but Moody’s said the system is “well positioned” to integrate the hospital.  The health system signed a definitive agreement on Jan. 20 to acquire the Huntsville-based hospital from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. The […]

It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials’ plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their babies is real. During a January White House roundtable touting the first grants to states under a new $50 billion rural health fund, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator […]

Every day, the Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville’s pumping station, where the Kentucky city’s utility sucks it up to turn it into tap water. To ensure it tastes good and is safe to drink, a small team of scientists and technicians is constantly testing the water for pH, odors, […]

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A […]

Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health, San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Village Medical have partnered with tech startup Cadence to care for seniors at home. Cadence’s clinical team monitors at-home vitals for older patients with hypertension, heart failure and diabetes, integrating the data into primary care providers’ workflows. “This […]

Healthcare employment continued to grow in January, with the industry adding 81,900 jobs, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS released the January jobs report Feb. 11. Here are three more takeaways: 1. January’s healthcare job growth was above the industry’s average monthly gain of 33,000 per month for […]

Jeremy Riley has been appointed CEO of Early Medical Center, a critical access hospital in Blakely, Ga., according to a Feb. 9 hospital Facebook post. Mr. Riley brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role, according to the post. He has held executive positions including CEO, COO and vice president of […]

Gregory Piper was appointed president of Beacon Allegan, a 25-bed critical access hospital in southwest Michigan. Mr. Piper has served in the role on an interim basis since November 2025. Before his interim appointment, he held leadership roles at the hospital’s parent organization, South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System, including director of supply chain services, […]

Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 Every day, your health system makes thousands of operational decisions—referrals, scheduling, site of care, discharge planning. What if each decision could simultaneously optimize for quality, patient experience, and margin across every one of your payment contracts? This isn’t just a future vision. Leading health systems are transforming payment complexity into a […]

Most medical students in the U.S. receive little or no formal training in guiding patients and their families through end-of-life care, WSU Insider reported Jan. 14. A  study from Pullman-based Washington State University, published Dec. 3 in Academic Medicine, analyzed 43 articles in PubMed and Embase databases on death and dying education at medical schools […]