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Shelly Schorer, California CFO at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has accepted a role as the system’s South region CFO, effective March 1, according to a Feb. 19 LinkedIn post. CommonSpirit South Region comprises 42 acute care, specialty and critical access hospitals and spans across Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, North Georgia and…

Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations say they must modernize operations to keep pace with mounting clinical, regulatory and financial pressures, according to a new survey of healthcare technology leaders. The 2026 Leadership Pulse Survey from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, conducted by RLDatix, found broad concern that fragmented…

San Diego-based Scripps Health recorded an operating income of $52.2 million (4.1% operating margin) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, down from an operating income of $67.3 million (5.5% margin) during the same period last year.  Scripps reported total operating revenue of $1.3 billion for the three months ended…

McLaren Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant has named Kelly DeBolt, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. DeBolt will lead a team of more than 100 nurses at the hospital, according to a news release shared with Becker’s Feb. 19. She joins Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care from Select Specialty…

Krista Curell, RN, was appointed president of the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective late 2025. Ms. Curell will continue serving in her prior roles as president of UChicago Medicine Crown Point (Ind.) and executive vice president and system COO at UChicago Medicine, according to a Feb. 19 health system…

Recently, payers and providers have been engaging in a slew of transparency campaigns, with some aiming to “expose” pricing and denial concerns. For example, Hospital Watch has come to the forefront, shifting blame to hospitals. “Hospital Watch is a watchdog group dedicated to shining a light on corporate hospitals as…

Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., have ratified a three-year labor contract, according to a Feb. 18 news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, which represents the workers. The agreement covers 630 registered nurses at the 373-bed hospital. Union officials said 94%…

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England has partnered with Rhode Island College in Providence to create a pipeline of digitally educated, EHR-trained nurses and healthcare administrators, Tomas Gregorio, CIO of the health system, told Becker’s. The partnership, announced Feb. 5, aims to build a pipeline of nurses and healthcare technology professionals…

Two Connecticut cities filed federal lawsuits against Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group — targeting their pharmacy benefit managers — over an alleged “insulin pricing scheme,” according to January filings in the U.S. District Court for the state. Along with Express Scripts, Evernorth, CVS Caremark and Optum Rx, Norwalk and…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has divested around 35% of its portfolio since 2019, but net revenue has stayed relatively the same, shifting slightly from approximately $13 billion in 2019 to $12.5 billion in 2025. “The EBITDA is also relatively close, even though we have 35% fewer facilities,” Kevin Hammons,…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage has named four new leaders. The appointments come less than a year after the hospital named five new C-suite leaders, including a new CEO. Melissa Butler was named COO, according to a Feb. 5 hospital statement shared with Becker’s. She brings…

Optum has launched Value Connect, an AI-powered platform designed to help payers and providers operationalize value-based care models by combining clinical, operational and financial data into a single system. The platform uses AI across quality measures, utilization patterns and risk indicators to flag patients who need intervention and route next…

Michael Porter defined value as outcomes divided by cost1. Healthcare embraced the equation quickly but applied it unevenly. For decades, nurses have been treated primarily as a cost to be managed rather than as the people and capability that make outcomes possible. They are bundled into room charges, excluded from…

Healthcare remains a focal point for work stoppages, despite a broader national decline, as hospital and health system employees continue to cite pay and staffing concerns.  Union activity in 2026 has already seen notable labor actions, such as the largest nurses strike in New York City history and an open-ended…

A new national coalition of health systems and strategic partners has launched to address worsening shortages in access to medical specialists in rural areas and underserved urban communities across the United States. The National Specialty Care Access Coalition — a collaboration of more than 20 major U.S. health systems —…

Swainsboro, Ga.-based Emanuel Medical Center is notifying patients of a May 2025 hacking incident. On May 22, the hospital detected suspicious activity on its computer systems and took steps to secure its network and investigate, according to the Feb. 17 notice. Emanuel Medical learned that an unauthorized party gained access…

Thomas Kruse was appointed executive vice president and chief strategy and growth officer of Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, effective March 30, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s. In his new role, Mr. Kruse will lead enterprise-level strategy and transformation, evaluate market expansion and affiliation opportunities,…

So far in 2026, about half a dozen U.S. hospitals and health systems have said they plan to expand rehabilitation services as organizations aim to ease capacity strains and meet rising demand.  In January, Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health said they are partnering on…

California and Nevada hospice providers had the lowest care-quality scores despite spending the most per beneficiary to provide care between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, according to CMS data released Feb. 18. Rhode Island and West Virginia had the highest hospice care quality scores during the data collection…

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has launched a cardiovascular screening program in partnership with Bunkerhill Health. The program applies Bunkerhill Health’s AI platform to clinical data from patients’ routine chest CT scans previously performed for other medical reasons, according to a Feb. 18 news release from the health system.…

The North Carolina Department of Justice and North Carolina Department of Insurance alerted pharmacy benefit managers Feb. 17 that the state’s SCRIPT Act is now in effect, and said they are prepared to enforce the law. Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said their offices will work…

CVS Health has launched a $5 million scholarship program to support students pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans or the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The scholarship will open in the 2026-27 academic year, according to a Feb. 18 news release. CVS…

Commissioners in Pratt County, Kan., directed their counsel Feb. 17 to withdraw a lease termination notice that threatened the status of Pratt Regional Medical Center and renewed a commitment to keep the hospital running. The county sent PRMC a Jan. 23 notice of default and claimed the hospital owed more…

The FDA has agreed to review Moderna’s investigational flu vaccine for potential approval, about a week after telling the drugmaker it would not consider the application. On Feb. 10, the agency notified the drugmaker that it would not review its application for an mRNA-based flu vaccine, citing issues with the…