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The health system has finalized a joint venture with Renown Health to operate a health plan and provide outpatient care services.

Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, the ANA’s president, talks with Chief Healthcare Executive about the impact on patients, nurses, and the fallout from the death of Alex Pretti.

President Trump signed a spending package that addresses some key healthcare priorities, including telehealth and funding for rural hospitals.

There is some optimism for more mergers and acquisitions in the year ahead. But the level of the rebound is unclear.

St. David’s HealthCare reached the deal with ZT Corporate, expanding its network of emergency centers in Austin and central Texas.

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The state’s health department has signed off on Tenor Health Foundation’s plans to purchase the facilities in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The tax credits expired at the end of December and millions are expected to lose coverage, and that’s going to pose problems for some hospitals.

The American Medical Association and other groups are pushing back against immigration activity in emergency departments and hospitals.

Nurses at hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii are on the picket lines. Other hospital systems are going to be watching this strike.

Hospitals need to be coordinating with local and state emergency management teams, evaluate supplies, and plan for staffing amid road closures.

A powerful storm is expected to bring snow and ice across much of the United States, and health systems are getting ready.

Community Health Systems has reached an agreement to sell Crestwood Medical Center to the Huntsville Hospital Health System.

As many as 14 hospitals are in danger of shutting down without more support from the state, according to a report by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

Nicole Stallings, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, talks with Chief Healthcare Executive® about financial pressures and fears of possible hospital closures.

Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a “prompt pay” bill that has attracted support from hospitals.

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In other news, UAB Health names its first nurse executive for the system, and other leaders take on new roles.

Both entities are part of MJH Life Sciences. The goal is to offer more services and insights in marketing and communications for healthcare and life sciences brands.

Leah Binder talks with Chief Healthcare Executive® about her optimism for progress, the newer focus of healthcare leaders, and work that still must be done.

There were fewer deals in 2025. But there was more merger activity in the second half of the year, perhaps signaling momentum for more deals.

At a time when there’s skepticism of the medical establishment, nurses can play a key role in helping patients and reducing confusion.

R. Shawn Martin discusses the workplace, burnout, and the need to get more doctors into family medicine.

Nursing unions have walked off the job at three hospital systems. Nurses say they need better staffing and pay, but hospitals say the demands are reckless.

RWJBarnabas Health names a new hospital president, and others take new roles.