Optum saw 4 million less patients in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter as the company focuses on a broad strategy centered on integrated, value-based care.
Category: Becker’s Hospital Review
AdventHealth Florida hospital's $340M expansion: 4 things to know
AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) broke ground on a new patient tower, which will bring its total bed count to 437.
Missouri system taps HSHS hospital leader as CEO
Matthew Fry, president and CEO of HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill., will take the helm at Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System on April 1.
Froedtert ThedaCare names regional president
Bryce Gartland, MD, has been named south region president for Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health, effective Feb. 3.
CommonSpirit Arkansas hospital names president
Crystal Bohannan, vice president of operations at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (Ark.) since 2018, has been promoted to president.
Dartmouth Health changes vaccination policy after attorney general review
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health has revised its policy requiring kidney transplant candidates to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, according to New Hampshire’s attorney general.
How Cleveland Clinic is educating the workforce of the future
Cleveland Clinic and Miami University have partnered to educate and train the next generation of the quantum computing workforce.
BD to expand production of critical medical devices
Becton, Dickinson and Co. is increasing its U.S. manufacturing capacity for essential medical devices, including syringes, needles and IV catheters.
Federal agencies expand buprenorphine prescription final rule: 5 things to know
HHS and the Drug Enforcement Administration have finalized a rule that expands telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, while also proposing a new special registration process for prescribing controlled substances remotely.&nb…
Interest soars for vasectomies, tubal ligations
In the two-and-a-half years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an increasing number of Americans are seeking vasectomies and tubal sterilizations, according to the Washington Post.
