Category: Featured

Prospect to sell Crozer Health

Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings has shared plans to sell Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, including all hospitals, clinics, physician offices and ambulatory surgery centers to a non-profit group of healthcare operators. 

AI is 'coming at us in 1,000 different ways': MultiCare's innovation strategy

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System employs a targeted strategy for AI investments, its innovation chief told Becker’s.

Noted Texas cardiologist, hospital founder dies at 82

Lubbock, Texas-based cardiologist Mohammad Shoukfeh, MD, died Jan. 22 at 82, according to an obituary published on Lubbock Online.

Longtime CFO named Washington hospital CEO

Newport (Wash.) Hospital and Health Services has named CFO Kim Manus its permanent CEO and superintendent. 

Former Massachusetts hospital CEO dies

Francis “Frank” Saba, former president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health-Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center, died Jan. 18 at age 75 after a battle with cancer, according to his obituary.

5 updates on the ophthalmology industry in January

Here are five updates for ASC leaders to know about the ophthalmology industry, as reported by Becker’s in January:

3 physician practice, clinic closures in 1 month

Becker’s has reported on three physician practice or clinic closures since Jan. 1:

Physicians brace for Medicaid cuts

House Republicans have proposed sweeping changes to healthcare policies – including major Medicaid cuts — and five physicians joined Beckers to discuss their thoughts on the policy changes. 

16 new ASCs in January

Here are 16 new ASC developments in January, as reported by Becker’s:

Florida surgeon hit with lawsuit after fatal liver removal

A lawsuit has been filed against a physician, health system and other hospital staff on behalf of the widow of a man who died after the wrong organ was removed during a surgical procedure in August 2024, News 5 WKRG reported Jan. 30.