Category: Press Release

Participating Medicare Part D plans can officially begin covering weight-loss treatment in 2027.  The initiative falls under CMS’ voluntary “Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for Comprehensive hEalth” — or BALANCE — model. The December news followed President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to secure most-favored-nation pricing for drugs that treat […]

A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages. Here are eight department closures or services that are ending or have been announced, advanced or finalized that Becker’s reported since Jan. 1: 1. Driggs, Idaho-based Teton […]

Since December 2025, the following hospitals and health systems have said they plan to raise their workers’ pay.  Editor note: This webpage was created Jan. 9, and will continue to be updated regularly. January 1. Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health is investing $776 million in workforce compensation this year, marking one of the largest single-year compensation increases […]

Neuroscience is the third national service line Advocate Health has formally stood up since its 2022 merger, alongside oncology and heart and vascular care. Through these expansions, Advocate, which is dually based in Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee, intends to create a systemwide framework for delivering complex specialty care at scale. Health system leaders told […]

A partial government shutdown took effect Jan. 31 after Congress failed to meet a midnight deadline Jan. 30 to pass a revised funding package. Although the Senate voted 71-29 late Jan. 30 to pass the revised package, the measure still must clear the House and reach President Donald Trump’s desk. With the House not scheduled […]

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Holy Cross Health has appointed Lawrence Ward, MD, as chief medical officer of its medical group, effective February 2. Dr. Ward has more than 25 years of clinical and leadership experience across academic and integrated health systems, according to a Jan. 30 press release. He most recently served as vice president of […]

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 […]