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3 CEO retirements in 3 days
Becker’s recorded three health system CEOs’ retirement announcements between April 16 and April 18, adding to a growing list of exits in 2024:
Novant, CHS push back against FTC's 'distorted' antitrust case
Winston-Salem, N.C.,-based Novant Health has fired back against a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that aims to prevent the health system’s acquisition of two hospitals from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
Worker confidence wanes
U.S. workers’ confidence has dropped by two points since January, according to LinkedIn’s most recent Workforce Confidence survey.
Trinity splits hospital president's duties in succession plan
Shelleye Yaklin is retiring as president of Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) after 17 years in the role, leading its parent system to reassign leadership responsibilities amongst other hospitals’ executives.
FDA adds new warning to CAR-T therapies
After investigating the safety of CAR-T cell drugs, the FDA decided to include a serious risk on the boxed warnings of six approved immunotherapies.
Ryan Seacrest to build interactive studio at Children's Hospital New Orleans
TV and radio host Ryan Seacrest has been building broadcast media centers, named Seacrest Studios, in children’s hospitals, and the latest will be at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.
Mark Cuban's company ships drugs to CHS
Community Health Systems’ hospitals in Texas and Pennsylvania now stock epinephrine manufactured by Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.
Nemours Children's, UCF expand partnership to establish pediatrics department
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health and Orlando-based University of Central Florida have expanded their partnership to establish the University of Central Florida College of Medicine-Nemours Children’s Health Department of Pediatrics.
Supreme Court to hear cases on whether EMTALA preempts state abortion bans
A nearly 40-year old federal law requires Medicare hospitals to provide all patients experiencing a medical emergency a medical screening and stabilizing care. Whether that includes abortion has been at the center of several lawsuits in states with str…
Pay dropped for 6 physician specialties last year
Plastic surgery saw the largest drop in compensation in 2023 — more than double the drop of the next highest specialty, according to Medscape’s “2024 Physician Compensation Report,” released April 12.
