Category: Channels

Pennant Group completes $80M home health acquisition

The Pennant Group has acquired seven Signature Healthcare at Home locations in Oregon.

Trinity hospital fined for unapproved closure of maternity unit

Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy has fined Stafford-based Johnson Memorial Hospital $153,500 for closing its labor and delivery unit without certificate-of-need approval.

Antidepressant fails in final stage study

Neumora Therapeutics announced that its antidepressant candidate, navacaprant, did not meet the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 study for major depressive disorder. 

Eli Lilly to join lawsuit over GLP-1 shortage: 4 things to know

Eli Lilly is intervening in a lawsuit filed by a trade group representing compounding pharmacies, aiming to block the FDA’s determination that the shortage of its GLP-1 medications, Mounjaro and Zepbound, has ended. 

Rhode Island system settles alleged worker pay violations for $1.9M

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health will pay $1.9 million in back wages and damages to 853 workers who were not properly compensated for working through breaks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a settlement announced Jan. 3 by the U…

Indiana hospital CEO to retire

Rob McLin plans to retire in January 2026 as president and CEO of Good Samaritan in Vincennes, Ind.

Florida system taps president for new hospital

Joe Delatorre, CEO of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health, has been appointed president of a new Orlando Health hospital in Wesley Chapel, Fla., scheduled to open in 2026.

4 new healthcare laws in 2025

Through recently passed ballot initiatives and legislation, states across the U.S. are implementing healthcare and workforce-related changes in 2025.

Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System complete merger

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System have finalized a merger and are now operating singularly as Sanford Health, Valley News Live reported Jan. 2. 

ASC leaders 'divided' on noncompetes

The fate of noncompete agreements has been in flux recently as changes to the FTC remain possible under a new presidential administration and the clauses remain the subject of lawsuits in healthcare.