Category: Press Release

UAB Health System in Birmingham, Ala., acquired Southview Medical Group, also in Birmingham, Jan. 1. Southview Medical Group is a multi-specialty practice that specializes in diagnosis, prevention and treatment. It comprises 30 providers and provides care to more than 51,000 patients annually with more than 130,000 annual patient visits, according to a Jan. 5 news […]

Lander, Wyo.-based SageWest Health Care has named Amanda Vick, BSN, as CEO of its two hospitals, effective Jan. 5. Ms. Vick returns to SageWest after serving in several leadership roles at Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services, according to a Jan. 5 health system news release. She joined Regional West in 2019 as vice president […]

Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare has partnered with radiology technology vendor CIVIE to modernize imaging services across six sites in five counties. Riverside implemented CIVIE’s RadPod teleradiology platform and RadFlow picture archiving and communication system to reduce image turnaround times and improve diagnostic quality, according to a Jan. 6 news release. Since deployment, imaging turnaround times […]

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, alleging the company contributed to inflated insulin prices over the past decade. The state is seeking injunctive relief, damages and penalties for what it describes as deceptive market practices. The suit follows Indiana’s earlier legal actions against other insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit […]

While millions of Americans set New Year’s resolutions, Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth’s president and CEO, David Banks, is taking a different approach for 2026.  “This may sound countercultural, but this new year, I’m not thinking about resolutions,” Mr. Banks said in a Jan. 6 LinkedIn post. “Instead, I’m thinking about motivation — the “why” that […]

UnitedHealthcare will begin requiring a full written interpretation and report to reimburse the professional component of certain radiology services billed alongside evaluation and management visits, effective April 1. Here are four things to know: 1. Beginning April 1, when the same provider bills both an E/M service and a global radiology code for the same […]

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health named Jonathan Kyriacou as president and CEO of Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center, effective Jan. 26. Mr. Kyriacou most recently served as COO of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, a 1,134-bed academic medical center, according to a Jan. 6 RWJBarnabas news release shared with Becker’s. He managed […]

In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor. For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of […]

Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse practitioner about losing weight. “We tried exercise,” like walking 35 minutes a day, she recalled. “And 39,000 different diets.” But 5 pounds would come off and then invariably reappear, said Bucklew, 75, a public transit retiree in Ocean View, Delaware. Nothing seemed to make much difference […]