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VUMC tackles 'unplanned care' quality: 4 things to know

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched a program in unplanned care to improve efficiency and quality of care provided before hospital admission.

1st CVS location in a Target seeks unionization

CVS pharmacy technicians working in a Mesa, Ariz., Target store have filed for unionization with The Pharmacy Guild. 

White House pauses grants, limits WHO interactions: 6 healthcare updates

The White House temporarily paused agency grants, loans and other financial assistance programs to align spending with policy priorities, which could affect healthcare programs such as the CDC, The Washington Post reported Jan. 28. 

Phoenix Children's chief surgeon to join Cincinnati Children's

Effective June 1, Daniel Ostlie, MD, will join Cincinnati Children’s as surgeon-in-chief and senior vice president. 

Trump orders removal of AI barriers: 3 things to know

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 23 aimed at eliminating AI policies from the Biden administration, with the goal of enhancing the U.S.’s position as a leader in AI.

NYU Langone's operating margin holds steady at 4% in Q1

New York City-based NYU Langone Health posted an operating income of $150.9 million (4% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2025, compared to an operating income of $132.7 million (4% margin) in the same quarter last year, according to its Jan. 2…

Walgreen's private equity sale likely abandoned: 5 things ASCs need to know

Walgreens Boots Alliance’s prospective sale to a private equity firm is “mostly dead,” sources told CNBC’s David Faber, according to a Jan. 27 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Court orders union to pay $6.28M for 'unlawful strike' at HCA California hospital

A federal court has concurred with an arbitrator’s decision ordering Service Employees International Union 121RN to pay Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, $6.26 million in damages related to a 10-day s…

Lab owner sentenced to prison, to pay $2.2M for physician kickback scheme

A former Milwaukee-area lab owner has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.2 million in restitution for his role in a kickback scheme.

Drugmaker recalls blood pressure treatment common in anesthesia

Provepharm issued a recall of its Phenylephrine hydrochloride injection from lot number 24020027 due to the discovery of black particulate matter in a vial. The affected lot, with an expiration date of December 2025, was distributed nationwide to hospi…