Category: Press Release

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. Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee at Portland-based Maine Medical Center approved a three-year labor contract. […]

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center and New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery have partnered to expand access to orthopedic care in South Florida. The organizations plan to offer comprehensive musculoskeletal care, including diagnosis, surgery and rehabilitation. HSS physicians will perform surgeries at Jupiter Medical Center’s new Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute, according to a […]

Several women have recently stepped into new executive roles at hospitals and health systems — including through promotions, new appointments or planned retirements. While women hold most entry-level positions in healthcare, they made up just 35% of C-suite leaders in 2024, an increase from 29% in 2020. Healthcare leaders recently told Becker’s that improving women’s […]

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health has named Craig Connors vice president of revenue cycle and payer relations, according to a Jan. 8 post on its LinkedIn page.  Mr. Connors joins the health system from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, where he has served as senior director of payer relations since February 2021, according to his […]

Hospital and health systems are reimagining paid time off not simply as a benefit, but as a proactive tool for combatting burnout, retaining talent and fostering a healthier workplace culture. While PTO is typically positioned as offering employees flexibility, some organizations have found traditional models may have the opposite effect — encouraging workers to stockpile […]

Amazon Pharmacy is selling the newly approved oral formulation of Wegovy through insurance and transparent cash-pay pricing. Eligible customers with commercial insurance may pay as little as $25 for a one-month supply, according to a Jan. 9 news release. Uninsured patients can access the medication through a cash-pay option starting at $149 per month. Amazon […]

The Nevada Donor Network will manage organ procurement services in Southern Florida, CMS said Jan. 8, after the agency decertified the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency in September.  The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency was a division of the University of Miami Health System. On Sept. 18, CMS decertified the organ procurement organization from Medical […]

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has named Eric Liston as regional president for its Canyons Region, effective Feb. 15. The Canyons Region includes all Intermountain hospitals, clinics and community programs from Central Utah north into Idaho, according to a Jan. 9 health system news release. Mr. Liston has been with Intermountain for 25 years, most […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year. Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic. “Of course he tried eating well […]