How a virtual ICU saved a rural hospital

One of WVU Medicine’s small hospitals in rural West Virginia was nearing closure just a few years ago. Today its beds are nearly full, and leaders say a low-cost virtual care model helped reverse its trajectory. The Morgantown, W.Va.-based health system’s virtual ICU program, piloted at Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser, earned national recognition with […]

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Mayo Clinic collaborates on new postoperative monitoring tools

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Profusa to investigate and commercialize clinical applications of the company’s oxygen monitoring technologies. The partnership will explore new product development for intra-organ perfusion monitoring in cardiovascular, renal, multi-organ and orthopedic settings, according to a Feb. 13 news release from Profusa. It also aims to support the potential U.S. […]

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CommonSpirit posts break-even margin in Q2

Chicago-based CommonSpirit recorded an operating income of $2 million (0% operating margin) in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, down from an operating income of $135 million (1.3% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Feb. 13 financial report.  Note: Figures are adjusted to normalize the California Provider Fee Program net income.  […]

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MUSC Health expands virtual nursing to NICU

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is one of the first health systems to have virtual nursing in the neonatal ICU. The organization is expanding a collaboration with startup VirtuAlly, which previously provided pediatric virtual nurses in the med-surg unit at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston. “The NICU setting demands precision and constant coordination as […]

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Providence Cedars-Sinai nurses plan 5-day strike

Registered nurses and licensed medical professionals at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center are set to begin a five-day strike Feb. 16, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The strike involves members of Service Employees International Union Local 121RN, which represents more than 11,000 registered nurses and other healthcare professionals in California. […]

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HHS seeks feedback on 340B rebate model

HHS is weighing whether to redesign its 340B rebate model pilot program after two federal court rulings blocked its implementation and the agency formally agreed to abandon the initiative. On Feb. 13, the Health Resources and Services Administration issued a request for information to gather input from stakeholders on a potential rebate-based model under the […]

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Journalists Unpack Impact of ICE Arrests on Families and Caffeine’s Effect on Dementia Risk

KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed the cost of cancer care in the wake of James Van Der Beek’s death on ABC News’ ABC News Live on Feb. 12. Click here to watch Rosenthal on ABC News Live. KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how families of detainees by the U.S. […]

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Steward trustee sues 5 payers over $57M, alleging exploitation of financial distress

The trustee overseeing litigation claims for bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care System is suing five payers, alleging they owe the system’s former hospitals at least $56.9 million in unpaid claims. The trustee, Mark Kronfeld, filed the complaints Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, where Steward’s […]

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