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2024 a 'vigorous season' for hospital M&A

Healthcare merger and acquisition activity has been up and down over the last few years, with activity slow in the first three quarters of last year. However, 2024 will be a “vigorous season for M&A activity in healthcare,” according to a Jan. 22 Grant…

HCA ramps up Texas M&A

In the last two months, HCA Healthcare has scooped up multiple hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and surgery centers in Texas. 

The work nurse leaders would rather be doing

Nurses said their favorite tasks were employee engagement and retention efforts and their least favorite tasks were capacity issues, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation study.

Guthrie migrates care to shuttered Pennsylvania hospital

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic is now seeing patients at the former Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa.

The best, worst states to retire

Florida was ranked the best place to retire while Kentucky was the worst, according to a Jan. 22 report from personal finance website WalletHub.

100+ hospitals, health systems among Newsweek's greatest workplaces for diversity

Newsweek has published its 2024 “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity” list, which includes a number of hospitals and health systems.

Michigan hospital elevates president to CEO

Patti VanDort will take the helm of Holland (Mich.) Hospital as CEO, effective Jan. 29.

NYC to clear $2B in medical debt for 500,000 people

Up to 500,000 New Yorkers will be cleared of their healthcare debt through a new program rolled out by New York City, which will invest $18 million to relieve more than $2 billion in debt. 

55% of rural hospitals don't offer obstetric care: Report

More than half of rural hospitals in the U.S. do not offer labor and delivery services, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform.

Top 103 hospitals for cardiology, per Healthgrades

Healthgrades has recognized 103 hospitals nationwide for exceptional cardiology care via its “America’s Best Hospitals” awards, released Jan. 23.