Category: Press Release

More than two years since the official end of the covid pandemic, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve. The findings raise fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s decision to reduce recommendations about who should get covid vaccines and […]

A federal judge has ruled that Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty in the federal case stemming from the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. On Jan. 30, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed two of the four federal counts against Mangione, including a murder charge that would have made him eligible for […]

The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration proposed regulation Jan. 29 that would require pharmacy benefit managers to disclose their compensation with self-insured group health plans. Under the rule, PBMs would have to share information on their rebates and other manufacturer payments, compensation when plan prices exceed pharmacy reimbursement, and recouped pharmacy payments. Plan fiduciaries […]

Kenneth Krackow, MD, a pioneer of joint replacement and arthroplasty procedures, died Jan. 9.  Dr. Krackow was an orthopedic surgeon and professor of orthopedics at the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, according to a Jan. 29 news release from the university.  He helped develop one of the first commercially […]

The University of New Haven (Conn.) has entered a research agreement with C3 Medical Device Consulting, a product development firm, to support collaborative innovation in the medical device sector. Coordinated through the university’s Center for Innovation and Applied Technology, the agreement establishes a framework for joint research initiatives focused on engineering, software development and regulatory […]

Philadelphia-based Temple Health is using its Epic EHR system to electronically send medical records to the Social Security Administration, eliminating paper-based steps and expediting Social Security Disability Insurance applications. Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance requires submitting medical records to the SSA to document a qualifying disability, a step many applicants still complete by mail […]

Atlantic Health, an eight-hospital system based in Morristown, N.J., has appointed Melissa Lozano, MD, as system medical director of women’s health.  Dr. Lozano previously served as an attending OB-GYN at New York City-based Mount Sinai West. She also held roles as division director of generalists and laborists, and postpartum medical director at the Icahn School […]

As cancer care becomes increasingly driven by complex, high-cost therapies, health systems are rethinking how tightly oncology and pharmacy are integrated. At Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., leadership sees pharmacy not as a downstream support function but as a core pillar of its oncology growth strategy — particularly as it prepares to […]

Patrick Shannon has been named CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M. Mr. Shannon brings more than 30 years of healthcare operations and management experience to the role, according to a Jan. 29 LinkedIn post from the hospital. He most recently served as CEO of Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital, a position he […]

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System is investing $1 billion in capital projects to expand care access in the area it serves.  Sarasota Memorial broke ground on a $507 million hospital in North Port, Fla., in early November, which is expected to open in 2028. The 100-bed facility will eventually double capacity to 208 beds, […]