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Oregon system in 'financial crisis' completes sale of labs

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health has completed the sale of its outreach laboratory operations to Labcorp in a restructuring move aimed at improving the system’s financial health. 

R1 RCM hit with noncompliance notice from Nasdaq

R1 RCM has received a noncompliance notice from Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Department resulting from R1’s delay in filing its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2023. 

Pharmacy owners, physician convicted in $145M fraud scheme

Two pharmacy owners and a physician were convicted in a Texas federal court for their roles in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Labor Department through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams.

California hospital closes maternity ward, lays off 87

Southwest Healthcare’s Palmdale (Calif.) Regional Medical Center has laid off 87 employees following the suspension of maternity services at the facility, according to WARN documents filed with the state Nov. 14.

A cancer patient's dying wish to burn other's medical debt goes viral, now topping $40M

Casey McIntyre, 38, died from ovarian cancer on Nov. 12. Since then, the campaign she started to pay off others’ unpaid medical bills has topped $40 million.

Hospital president to step down in Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist restructuring

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist said several leadership transitions are in the works at some of its community hospitals as it is developing a new, streamlined leadership model across the facilities. 

Suspected gunman identified in New Hampshire hospital shooting

Authorities have identified the man suspected of shooting a security guard to death Nov. 17 at Concord-based New Hampshire State Hospital.

Police probe shooting at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital

Authorities are investigating a shooting with “multiple victims” at New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord, state police said Nov. 17.

Another Walgreens executive steps down

Walgreens’ chief human resources officer, Holly May, has stepped down, the company confirmed to Becker’s Nov. 17. 

Johns Hopkins suspends physician for anti-Palestinian tweets

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has placed a physician on leave for anti-Palestinian social media posts, WMAR reported.