Here are six recent updates on retail giant Walgreens and its busy year in healthcare mergers, acquisitions and regulatory conflict: 1. Beth Leonard, the former chief corporate affairs officer at Walgreens Boost Alliance was appointed senior vice president and chief…
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As ASCs push into higher-acuity care, leaders say the most underestimated threat isn’t demand, it’s the widening gap between rising labor, supply and anesthesia costs and shrinking or misaligned reimbursement. Executives warn that compressed professional fees, staffing shortages and growing…
Certificate-of-need laws in North Carolina have been at the center of ongoing controversy within the state’s highly competitive healthcare ecosystem. The state had originally planned to repeal its CON laws by the end of 2025, but a recent court ruling…
Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health has named Warren Moore as president and chief operating officer. According to a Jan. 20 news release, Mr. Moore will oversee operations across the system’s hospitals, health centers and outpatient locations. He will also focus…
As hospitals and health systems close clinics in multiple states, physicians and ASC operators are watching closely for ripple effects on workforce stability, care continuity and outpatient demand. Here are three hospitals or health systems closing clinics since Dec. 1:…
The legal and financial environment surrounding malpractice premiums and lawsuits has intensified as awards of more than $10 million become increasingly commonplace in healthcare. Here are six things to know about the malpractice environment across the U.S. in 2026: 1.…
A circuit court in West Virginia ruled that the state’s optometry board exceeded its authority by expanding optometrists’ scope of practice to include certain eyelid surgeries, WV News reported Jan. 13. The West Virginia State Medical Association and the West…
From AI-assisted endoscopy and triage models to outpatient expansion, these are the disruptors gastroenterologists told Becker’s will define the specialty’s next chapter. Question: What do you see as the biggest disruptor facing gastroenterology in 2026? Editor’s note: These responses have…
Austin (Texas) Regional Clinic has opened a new location in Round Rock, Texas. ARC Greenlaw Specialty includes 17 exam rooms, three procedure rooms, an onsite lab and radiology services, according to a Jan. 16 news release from Austin Regional Clinic. …
The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha has named Daniel Johnson, MD, as executive vice chair of its department of anesthesiology and Shaun Thompson, MD, as chief of the critical care anesthesiology division, both effective March 1. Dr. Johnson…