Kristin Kuchno

Gary Marchand, interim CEO of Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital, will step down Jan. 1. Mr. Marchand led the hospital in attaining rural community hospital demonstration status, according to a Sept. 4 news release from the board of commissioners shared with Becker’s. He took over as interim CEO in 2022. “I…

Cincinnati-based UC Health has laid off about 50 employees — less than 1% of its workforce — as it reevaluates services and redirects resources to high-demand areas with a focus on long-term sustainability. Affected employees have been offered severance and are eligible to apply for other positions within the system,…

Health systems gauge financial strength on a variety of metrics, with one of the key indicators being days cash on hand. While the average days cash on hand has improved in the last year, according to Strata’s “Performance Trends Report: Market Insights from Q2 2025,” eminent changes to the Medicaid…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appoint seven new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — an influential panel responsible for reviewing vaccine data and issuing recommendations on their use. Jeremy Faust, MD, an emergency physician at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, first reported…

During a Sept. 4 Senate Finance Committee hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said that impending healthcare cuts from the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill are already having a lasting impact on communities, such as pushing hospitals to scale back critical services like…

As merger and acquisition activity picks up post-pandemic, dozens of large health systems are expanding their footprints — adding hospitals, building regional dominance and solidifying national reach. Here are 27 large health systems that have grown in quarters or are planning strategic mergers or acquisitions this year: Editor’s note: This…

One-third of companies across industries have reduced their planned salary budgets for 2025 due to economic uncertainty, according to a survey from Korn Ferry. While dozens of hospitals and health systems have announced pay raises for employees in 2025, some workers remain pessimistic about the likelihood of seeing a raise…

Amid rising COVID-19 infections and reports and mounting reports of vaccine inaccessibility, Sen. Ed Markey sent letters to the CEOs of CVS Health and Walgreens asking why updated vaccines are difficult to attain in many states.  Mr. Markey, who chairs the Senate HELP Committee Subcommittee on Primary Health and Pensions,…

Two New York residents have filed a lawsuit against CVS after the company’s pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark, denied coverage for Zepbound in favor of Wegovy.  The plaintiffs — Dennis Larkin of Mahopac, N.Y., and Danielle Gosline of Auburn, N.Y. — said the coverage denials were “arbitrary and capricious” and that…

Seattle-based UW Medicine has rolled out a new logo aimed at reinforcing its role as the health system of the University of Washington.  The redesign includes the University of Washington’s official wordmark, which UW Medicine said in a Sept. 4 news release will help create a more consistent identity across…