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519-bed Kentucky hospital names chief medical officer

Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.) has named Robert Cardarelli, DO, its new chief medical officer. 

Mercy Oklahoma president to retire

Jim Gebhart is retiring as community president of Mercy’s Oklahoma region at the end of February. 

Yale New Haven Health names president

Pamela Sutton-Wallace was promoted to president of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, a five-hospital system affiliated with Yale University and Yale Medicine.

California county's hospitals see $11.3B in revenue

The 24 biggest hospitals in Orange County, Calif., saw revenue increase by 9.1% to $11.3 billion in revenue for the year ended Sept. 30, 2023, the Orange County Business Journal reported Feb. 19.

Mark Cuban's drug company tacks on 2 more branded meds

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. now offers two Bayer brand-name medicines: Yaz, an oral contraceptive, and Climara, a menopause treatment. 

Grocery spending drops among Ozempic users

New data points to yet another ripple effect from the rising popularity of weight loss drugs: a drop in grocery spending, Bloomberg reported Feb. 16.

UCHealth sued patients nearly 16K times in last 5 years, investigation reveals

Over the last five years, Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has sued its patients 15,710 times for money that they owe to the health system, The Colorado Sun reported Feb. 19.

A guide to successfully navigate ED boarding

Overwhelming, chaotic, inefficient, dysfunctional — all four words appear throughout a recent report describing the nationwide challenge of emergency department boarding published by the American College of Emergency Physicians. 

Ascension offloads New York system to Guthrie Clinic

The Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pa., has completed the acquisition of Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital System from St. Louis-based Ascension, according to financial documents published Feb. 16.

Healthcare employment exceeds 12-month average

In January, healthcare employment climbed by 70,300, above the 12-month average of 58,700.