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Dayton Children's $110M behavioral health building hits construction milestone

Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital recently held a topping-off ceremony for its $110 million behavioral health building at the hospital’s main campus.

Johns Hopkins ramps up cybersecurity amid Change Healthcare attack

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins said it has heightened security protocols amid Change Healthcare’s cyberattack. 

CommonSpirit adjusts portfolio, investing in 'strongest markets,' CEO says

Chicago-based CommonSpirit has made “solid progress” on its financial improvement strategy in the most recent quarter but is “certainly not where we need to be,” CEO Wright Lassiter III said during the health system’s fiscal second quarter investor cal…

Physicians grow louder on noncompetes

Amid a nationwide shortage of physicians, contractual noncompete clauses are making it more challenging for patients to receive the care they need, particularly in more rural regions, and physicians are pushing back, NBC News reported March 3.

Larry Ellison's cancer startup is shuttering

Larry Ellison’s cancer-focused software startup, Project Ronin, is shutting down, The Register reported March 1. 

California hospital CEO names 'wrinkle' in proposed Tenet sale

The CEO of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District has addressed community members’ concerns — and alluded to some of his own — amid a proposed sale to Tenet Healthcare. 

RaDonda Vaught to speak at CommonSpirit safety event

RaDonda Vaught is scheduled to speak at a session on systems thinking and patient safety. Nurses who attend the March 12 event, hosted by Chicago-based CommonSpirit, are eligible to earn continuing education credits. 

ECU Health implements starting wage increase

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health is increasing starting wages for its new employees from $15 an hour to $16 an hour.

Boston federal hearing set over for-profit companies in healthcare

A federal hearing is being held in Boston on April 3 to look into for-profit companies’ roles in the U.S. healthcare system amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial troubles in states like Massachusetts. 

Change Healthcare's temporary funding program 'not even a Band-Aid,' AHA says

The American Hospital Association called Change Healthcare’s temporary funding program for providers affected by the cyberattack on the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary inadequate, while a U.S. Senate leader asked CMS to speed up payments to hospitals.