Category: Press Release

Nonprofit hospitals in nonexpansion states with high exposure to ACA marketplace patients face increased financial pressure this year due to the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025, Fitch said in a Jan. 27 report.  Four things to know: 1. Nonprofit hospitals in seven nonexpansion states see greater risk from […]

Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National, which operates two hospitals, does not have to fulfill the Justice Department’s request for patient records related to gender-affirming care, a federal judge ruled Jan. 21.  The order, issued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, aligns with other federal court rulings that have blocked the government’s attempt […]

Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and universities across the U.S. to share their top 2026 priority for balancing financial or operational stability with growth in mind. The 91 executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare 16th Annual Meeting, from April 13 – 16, 2026 […]

CMS recently awarded 400 new Medicare-funded residency positions to more than 130 teaching hospitals nationwide as part of a broader push to expand physician training capacity, particularly in rural communities and other high-need areas. The awards were made through Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and Section 4122 of the Consolidated Appropriations […]

The California Department of Public Health has delayed implementation of emergency staffing regulations for psychiatric hospitals, originally slated for Jan. 31, following pushback from the public and hospitals, according to a Jan. 26 letter summary.  The department now expects to adopt staffing regulations by June 1 and has advised psychiatric hospitals to continue recruiting staff […]

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Kaitlin Cooke of Cartersville, Georgia, was contemplating suicide when she started calling a statewide mental health crisis line in 2018. She said she would sneak outside and call the hotline […]

South Carolina has reported nearly 800 measles cases since an outbreak began in October, with no signs of slowing, according to the latest data from the state’s health department. As of Jan. 27, 789 measles cases have been confirmed, with 160 reported during the week ending Jan. 18. This is higher than the number of […]

Posible riesgo de autismo en niños. Células cancerígenas latentes que se reactivan. Envejecimiento acelerado del cerebro. En mayo de 2023, funcionarios federales declararon el fin de la pandemia nacional de covid. Pero más de dos años después, un número creciente de investigaciones sigue revelando información sobre el virus y su capacidad de causar daño mucho […]

Cuando Jeannine Urban fue a un chequeo médico en noviembre, tuvo toda la atención de su doctora. En lugar de teclear en su computadora durante la consulta, la médica de atención primaria de Urban, en la práctica Penn Internal Medicine en Media, Pennsylvania, usó un asistente de inteligencia artificial (IA) conocido como ambiental para tomar notas. Al […]

Healthcare is entering another period of significant change. Financial pressure continues to build, while new technologies are moving decisively from pilots to practice. At the same time, policy decisions are playing a growing role in determining how care is delivered and sustained. At this moment, leaders are contending with rapid innovation alongside persistent access and […]