After more than 15 years with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health, Marty Boryszak has stepped down as system senior vice president of acute care and president of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo.
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20 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2025
Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation’s older adults, but some hospitals and health systems are opting to end or not renew contracts with some MA plans over administrative challenges.
Last-minute offer spares Steward Pennsylvania hospital
Tenor Health Partners, a hospital turnaround company, and Medical Properties Trust have reached an agreement in principle over Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, which is set to close Jan. 6, WKBN reported Dec. 31….
Providence braces for strike: 7 notes
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is preparing for thousands of workers to begin striking Jan. 10 at its facilities in Oregon.
IU sells health plan to Elevance
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health completed the sale of its health plan to Elevance Health on Dec. 31.
Physician assistant PhD programs on the rise: 6 notes
Physician assistant doctoral programs have been growing rapidly in recent years, but there is notable inconsistency in the curricular elements, a recent study found.
5 questions looming over healthcare leaders as 2025 begins
Effects and unknowns related to industry disruption, GLP-1s, artificial intelligence, the election and the sustainability of the healthcare workforce don’t stop here.
US homicide rates continue to fall
Nationwide rates of homicide fell in 2024, according to a Dec. 31 ABC News report.
McKesson to close South Carolina distribution center
McKesson Medical-Surgical will shut down its Rock Hill, S.C.-based distribution center in the spring, marking the end of its decade-long operation in the area, The Post and Courier reported Dec. 30.
Retirement is not on Gen X's radar
The oldest members of Generation X will turn 60 in 2025, but retirement may not be on the horizon, according to a Dec. 31 newsletter published by Fortune.
