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Scottsdale, Ariz., is the best place in the U.S. to rent, largely because of its quality of life, according to a July 7 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To develop the list of the best local rental markets, WalletHub compared 182 U.S. cities, including the 150 most populated and…

The District of Columbia, New York and Massachusetts have the most physicians per capita, while Mississippi, Alabama and Nevada have the fewest, according to Bureau of Labor statistics and Census data. Becker’s used the bureau’s latest data — 2025 statistics — to find the total number of physicians and used…

The nurse practitioner workforce is projected to grow 11% annually through 2030, far outpacing projected growth for physician assistants and physicians, according to workforce estimates published in Health Affairs. Researchers from Columbia University, Brandeis University, George Washington University and New York University forecast physician supply will continue growing about 1%…

Nurse AI adoption is accelerating faster than hospitals are building strategies to support it, a report from Incredible Health found. Healthcare staffing company Incredible Health released its 2026 Annual State of Nursing report July 7. The findings are based on a national survey of 2,240 U.S. nurses. The report also…

There’s a widening gap between what a nursing degree certifies and what a hospital unit actually demands in practice, nursing leaders say. New nurses are arriving on the job less prepared for the nuances and complexity of clinical care, leaving hospitals and health systems to increasingly shoulder the additional training…

Two Chicago-area safety-net hospitals have closed within a year of each other — both owned by Princeton, N.J.-based Resilience Healthcare — and no health system, buyer or partner has publicly committed to reopening either. Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital, a 239-bed acute care facility, closed Aug. 8, 2025, as CMS moved…

Young adults are far less likely than older generations to maintain an ongoing relationship with a primary care physician, a new survey shows. The poll was commissioned by Columbus-based OSU Wexner Medical Center and conducted by the survey and market research firm SSRS. The survey includes responses from 1,006 U.S.…

While 2026 kicked off with fewer hospital closures compared to the same period in 2025, three hospitals in three states are on the verge of closing, and their situations mirror what many facilities across the country are facing. In Chicago, Roseland Community Hospital has negative 65 days cash on hand,…

Rawlins, Wyo.-based Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, has grown its days cash on hand from 3 days to 25 days between January 2025 and June 2026, marking a significant financial recovery for the 25-bed critical access hospital. The turnaround also includes a reduction in outstanding payables from more than $9…

Health system chief marketing officers say marketing is most effective when it helps shape strategy instead of simply promoting it. As executives face growing pressure to demonstrate measurable business results, Becker’s asked marketing leaders to share a campaign or initiative that moved the needle on revenue and what it revealed…

From restructuring leadership teams to limiting hiring and adjusting compensation, health system leaders are making difficult workforce decisions that require balancing organizational priorities, financial realities and employee needs.  While the circumstances vary, those decisions often require balancing several competing priorities at once. Becker’s asked three health system leaders: What is…

Many of the 519 hospitals that drew federal price transparency warning letters from the Trump administration said the citations stemmed from minor technical or formatting errors in their data files — not a failure to disclose pricing — and that the problems were corrected within days of notification. The Associated…

A wave of new research is expanding what clinicians and health system leaders know about GLP-1 medications — covering new territory from liver disease to male fertility to a blood pressure safety signal.  Here are eight recent findings: GLP-1 medications did not harm male hormones or fertility after long-term use…

Workforce spending remained hospitals’ top expense in 2025, representing 60% of total expenses, according to the American Hospital Association.  Workforce costs rose 5.6% in 2025 as hospitals continued increasing wages and investing in recruitment and retention efforts for nurses, physicians and other staff, according to the AHA’s 2026 “Cost of…

Nationally, roughly 1% of U.S. physicians have opted out of Medicare entirely, according to 2025 data from KFF.  While 1% appears to be a marginal number upon first glance, a closer look at where those exits are happening, and what is accelerating the trend, tells a more consequential story for…

My mom was a nurse. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of accompanying her on house calls, where she taught husbands and wives how to give insulin injections using an orange for practice. Growing up in Bayonne, N.J., my mother was the trusted soul of our community and…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University was ranked the top university for radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging — both globally and in the U.S. — as part of U.S. News & World Report’s “2026-2027 Best Global Universities” rankings. Harvard University also earned the top spot for overall best global university, according…

Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health has appointed Sarah Durden, BSN, RN, as director of nursing for acute care. In the role, Ms. Durden oversees nursing operations across 3 West, 4 South and virtual nursing program, according to a June 15 hospital news release. Ms. Durden brings more than 16 years of…

Virtual nursing for hospital discharge was associated with sharply lower 30-day emergency department readmissions across nine hospitals in a major Southeastern U.S. health system, according to a study published in npj Digital Medicine. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared 4,662 discharges handled by remotely located…

S&P Global Ratings’ preliminary 2025 medians show nonprofit hospitals and health systems posting positive but still-thin operating margins, stronger debt-service coverage and growing reserves, with performance varying across credit tiers. Hospitals enter the back half of 2026 managing elevated labor and drug costs, an eroding payer mix and the looming…

Nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers in the U.S. is a registered nurse, according to May 2025 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. RNs account for about 19% of the nation’s combined healthcare practitioner and healthcare support workforce — a larger share than any other single occupation. Below are…

The word “provider” has become a contested term in American medicine, and the pushback is intensifying. In February, the American College of Physicians published a policy paper in Annals of Internal Medicine, arguing that referring to physicians as “providers” is not just imprecise but an ethical problem. The ACP’s Ethics,…

Among four advanced practice provider positions, only nurse practitioners saw growth in employed workers between 2024 and 2025. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of employed people in each roll by state. The data, released May 13, calculated the number of employed people in 2025. Becker’s gathered…

The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is estimated to pay full Medicare Part A benefits only through the second quarter of 2033, one quarter earlier than last year’s projection of the third quarter, according to the 2026 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report published June 9. Part A covers inpatient, skilled…