Alan Condon

Cleveland Clinic is expanding its presence in Florida with plans to build a $500 million hospital in West Palm Beach. The project will mark the system’s 24th hospital and significantly increase its footprint in Palm Beach County The hospital will be built on newly acquired land and comprise about 150…

Academic medical center CEOs are at the helm of some of the most complex and influential organizations in healthcare. They balance a three-part mission that includes delivering exceptional patient care, advancing cutting-edge research, and leading world-class education. These executives guide institutions that serve as hubs for discovery and innovation, overseeing…

Hawaii is the happiest state while West Virginia comes in at the bottom of the list, according to a Sept. 8 report from WalletHub.  The personal finance website determined a state’s happiness level using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CDC and other publicly…

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…