VillageMD, a company majority owned by Walgreens, has acquired a 30-location physician group.
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Piedmont reshuffles hospital CEOs
Monroe, Ga.-based Piedmont Walton Hospital has named Blake Watts its CEO.
Why this hospital is threatening to send a comatose woman back to her home country
Immigration activists are trying to stop a Pennsylvania hospital from sending a comatose woman back to the Dominican Republic, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported March 5.
Healthcare M&A carries on strong momentum into February: 12 transactions to note
Here are 12 major hospital and healthcare merger and acquisition-related transactions from February:
American Diabetes Association puts Wegovy, Ozempic as preferred treatments
After years of promoting another drug, the American Diabetes Association updated its guidelines to put Wegovy and diabetes medication Ozempic as the preferred treatments for Type 2 diabetes, The Wall Street Journal reported March 5.
7 gastroenterology tech updates to know
Here are seven gastroenterology technology updates Becker’s has reported on since Feb. 21:
Trinity Health reports almost $300M operating loss as expenses continue to rise
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, reported an operating loss of approximately $298 million for the six months ending Dec. 31 as expenses continued to exert pressure.
AMSURG surpassed 1M colonoscopies in 2022
AMSURG completed more than 1 million colonoscopies in 2022, the ASC chain said March 6.
5 Cardiology ASCs to know
Here are five cardiovascular ambulatory surgery centers to know:
Lessons we learned in creating the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
A decade ago, at a backyard cookout, we kicked around the bold idea of starting a medical school, one that would change the way future physicians practice medicine. We realized that you can’t make all improvements necessary to remodel a flawed American…
