Ryan Lown has been appointed chief administrative officer of Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital. He stepped into the role June 23. As CAO, Mr. Lown oversees hospital operations and collaborates with ...

Easton-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, a member of University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, has received a $25 million gift toward construction of its new UM Shore ...

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine’s new CEO, David Miller, MD, has begun his tenure in the role, effective July 1. He will also serve as executive vice president for medical affairs at the University ...

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has launched a high school-to-hospital nursing education program. The Nursing Degree in Three program was created in collaboration with Yankton, S.D.-based Mount ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a 2023 ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals striking down provisions of an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, The Journal Record ...

The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative, an independent nonprofit organization, has acquired the former St. Joseph’s Hospital building in Chippewa Falls, Wis., from Hospital Sisters Health System. Last ...

Five cardiology and one radiology advocacy groups have called on Elevance Health to review its latest coverage guidelines for the treatment of varicose veins.  The insurer’s guidelines, published ...

Jorge Franco has been named CFO of West Oaks Hospital in Houston, according to a June 30 LinkedIn post. West Oaks hospital is run by a King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services subsidiary, ...

Standard first-line drug therapies for the treatment of bone density disorders have been linked to higher risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event, according to a study published June 26 in Epic ...

New Hampshire has become the third state to legally change the “physician assistant” title to “physician associate,” following Oregon and Maine.  A bipartisan study committee in New Hampshire found ...

The American Hospital Association and three other healthcare organizations have filed an amicus brief defending Tennessee’s 340B contract pharmacy law, which is facing a challenge from the ...

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System has completed its acquisition of Ascension Southwest Michigan, according to a July 1 news release shared with Becker’s. The locally owned, nonprofit health ...