Category: Featured

New York system lays off managers

Westchester Medical Center Health Network, a nine-hospital system headquartered in Valhalla, N.Y., is laying off about 130 people primarily in corporate and administrative roles, a spokesperson for the system confirmed to Becker’s.

2K UCSF healthcare workers schedule strike

Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees at the University of California San Francisco are set to strike Nov. 20 and 21. 

CDC finds asymptomatic farm workers with bird flu, updates recommendations

The CDC identified four dairy workers with antibodies for H5N1 who did not experience any symptoms, according to a Nov. 7 CDC telebriefing.

3 Ozempic updates: Competition, warnings and potential uses

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro can influence the volume of all-cause hospital admissions and bariatric surgeries, two studies suggest. 

New York hospital names new chief nursing officer

Effective Jan. 6, Gem Gibbons, BSN, RN, will become chief nursing officer at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in New York. 

Hospital-at-home, telehealth coverage to end: 5 updates

Hospital-at-home and telehealth reimbursement from CMS will expire at the end of 2024 without congressional action.

Former University of Toledo Medical Center CEO returns

Dan Barbee, BSN, who served as CEO of University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio from 2016 to 2020, will return to the role Nov. 8.

Are Gen Z workers hurting company bottom lines?

A recent survey alleges that workers from Generation Z may be changing some workplaces for the worse, according to a Nov. 7 report from The Business Journals.

Minnesota system hires successor for retiring CEO

As its current president and CEO prepares to retire, Northfield (Minn.) Hospital + Clinics has appointed a new leader from MaineHealth.

What a Trump win means for Medicare Advantage

During President-elect Donald Trump’s term, he decreased the average monthly plan premium for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries to the lowest rates MA plans had seen since 2007.