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Avera Nebraska hospital resumes services after explosion: 5 notes

Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill, Neb., resumed inpatient care and emergency department services on Oct. 29 following a recent closure due to a nearby explosion.

Most healthcare CIOs keeping IT in-house: 5 notes

Sixty-eight percent of healthcare CIOs are looking to either expand or maintain their current staff levels, an Oct. 29 report from WittKieffer found.

Georgia system names market leader

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System has appointed a new leader in its southern market.

50 top hospitals for vascular surgery: Healthgrades

Healthgrades published its 2025 Specialty Excellence Awards recipients Oct. 22. Of those recipients, 50 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in vascular surgery.

4 hospitals win $10M Amazon innovation award

Amazon Web Services picked the first recipients of children’s health innovation grants totaling $10 million.

New Jersey physician to sentenced, to pay $5M+ for fraud scheme

A physician in Margate, N.J., was sentenced to 15 months in prison and must pay more than $5 million for his role in a scheme to defraud payers by submitting claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions. 

The 'and' strategy for health system value-based care

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change.

Health systems ditch competition

The executive team at Marshall, Mich.-based Oaklawn Hospital knew they had a problem when the only oncologist in town retired, leaving the community with very limited access to treatment.

A hospital's journey 4 years after bankruptcy

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children struggled financially for years, but other local health systems and institutions won’t let it sink.

'We need payer partners': How Mercy is tackling healthcare's friction points

Hospitals nationwide are navigating increasingly burdensome insurer policies, incentivizing systems to seek innovative partners to address rising care costs and access issues.