Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Acadia Hospital named Charmaine Patel, MD, senior physician executive. She had served as medical director of adult inpatient services at Acadia since 2018, according ...

Cost-effectiveness for risk-stratified patients isn’t necessarily better than usual care for lower back pain in the military health system, according to a study in the July 15 issue of Spine.

New generations of spine robots in the market have significant advantages compared to their predecessors, Suken Shah, MD, said. Dr. Shah, of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Hospital, spoke ...

Facing tighter margins in the healthcare sector, Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health is doubling down on direct-to-employer offerings to shore up revenue. The 14-hospital system is ...

The owner of two allegedly fraudulent COVID-19 testing labs pleaded not guilty to federal charges connected to what the Justice Department said is a scheme that funneled more than $290 million in ...

Regional Medical Center has named Derek Schaff CFO. Mr. Schaff is joining the critical access hospital from Linton (N.D.) Regional Medical Center, where he served as CFO and COO since 2018, according ...

Workers at Sharp HealthCare medical offices across the San Diego area have voted to form a union with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The election, conducted in June by the National Labor ...

More than 500 employees across three groups at Philadelphia-based Temple Health have ratified their first union contracts. Six things to know: 1. Employees at Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital and ...

California and 19 other states filed a federal lawsuit July 1 against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alleging the agency unlawfully shared Medicaid beneficiaries’ personal health ...

The Justice Department and HHS have launched a joint False Claims Act Working Group to intensify efforts at combatting fraud and abuse in the federal healthcare system. The group builds on a ...

Daphne David began serving as president and CEO of Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, and she brings more than two decades of leadership experience. Before joining ...

Hospitals nationwide are grappling with high patient volumes, staffing shortages and inefficient capacity management — all while being asked to deliver timely, high-quality care. During a recent ...