Category: Press Release

More than 500,000 providers prescribed GLP-1s in 2025, with wide variation between specialties, according to a Jan. 22 article from IQVIA, a clinical research firm.  GLP-1 medications are approved for several conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, liver disease and sleep apnea. Among GLP-1 drugs approved for weight loss — […]

Saginaw, Mich.-based Covenant HealthCare and Marlette, Mich.-based Aspire Rural Health System signed a letter of intent Jan. 22 to explore a partnership that would enhance healthcare services in Michigan’s Thumb region.  The nonbinding agreement would begin a formal exploration process between the systems, which have collaborated through the Covenant Regional Thumb Network since 2018, according […]

Lisa DeKezel, BSN, RN, has been named CEO of Ray County Hospital and Healthcare in Richmond, Mo. Ms. DeKezel brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role, according to a Jan. 23 hospital news release. She has previously led critical access hospitals and community health systems, focusing on stabilizing operations, strengthening […]

For decades, cancer care has advanced through new therapies, technologies and molecular insights. But beneath every treatment decision, prognosis and research breakthrough sits a quieter constant: staging. Rick Greene, MD, FACS, emeritus chair of surgery at Carolinas Medical Center and medical director of cancer data services at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, N.C., […]

Bishop, Calif.-based Northern Inyo Healthcare District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 22 to celebrate the opening of its new pharmacy and updated infusion center, according to a Jan. 22 report by Sierra Wave Media. The health system said the event marked a milestone in the district’s efforts to expand and modernize its healthcare services. The […]

Eli Lilly and Co. will require all 340B covered entities to submit claims-level data for in-house pharmacy dispensing beginning Feb. 1, 2026. The new requirement expands Lilly’s existing policy, which has applied to contract pharmacies since December 2021, according to a Jan. 15 company news release. All covered entity types must report claims-level data for […]

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals have ratified a new labor contract with San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare. The four-year contract, approved by a supermajority of members, covers about 5,700 registered nurses, according to a Jan. 23 news release shared with Becker’s. It takes effect upon ratification and will expire […]

There’s a lot going on in Washington right now. While President Donald Trump has been grabbing for Greenland, he’s also talked in the White House about health policy — whether it’s the Rural Health Transformation Program, ways to address the nation’s spiraling health costs, or an effort to promote whole milk in schools.  At the same time, congressional Republicans are eyeing health issues from the “Make America Healthy Again” perspective, hoping it will provide a boost in the midterm elections.  Here’s why.  […]

Luego de un año de brotes continuos de sarampión que han enfermado a más de 2.400 personas, Estados Unidos está a punto de perder su estatus como país libre de sarampión. Sin embargo, el recién nombrado subdirector principal de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), […]

This week would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, abortion has been banned in 13 states and severely limited in 10 others. Yet anti-abortion activists remain frustrated, in some cases even […]