CMS projects national healthcare spending to reach $5.6 trillion this year amid continued strong healthcare utilization growth, and then climb to $8.6 trillion by 2033. The findings are from the ...

It will take creative solutions and sustained cooperation to meet the needs of our rural populations.  Between 2005 and 2023, nearly 150 rural U.S. hospitals either closed or stopped admitting ...

St. Louis-based BJC Health System CEO Rich Liekweg is retiring, effective Oct. 1, after more than 40 years in healthcare, the health system said in a June 25 news release shared with Becker’s. BJC ...

Overall demand for healthcare services is poised to continue its significant growth across various service lines over the next decade, with outpatient care expected to experience the highest growth ...

A new $2 million program aims to create a medical assistant pipeline to support hospitals around Baton Rouge, La., The Advocate reported June 20. The program — led by the Baton Rouge Health District — ...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a coalition of 33 leading U.S. cancer centers,  has rolled out a digital navigator for its clinical practice guidelines. The new tool delivers frequently ...

California, New York and Texas are projected to lose the most healthcare jobs stemming from federal Medicaid spending reductions included in Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to a ...

Tom Miller, the inaugural CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health, has stepped down, effective immediately, according to a June 25 health system statement shared with Becker’s. “I have had an ...

Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic in Arizona has added lung transplantation to its solid organ transplant program. A surgical team led by Jonathan D’Cunha, MD, PhD, surgical director of the Mayo Clinic in ...

Hospital pharmacists are increasingly involved in direct patient care roles, and in 2024, more than 75% of U.S. hospitals assign pharmacists to provide care for most inpatients, according to a report ...

On average, supply costs accounted for 13% of a hospitals’ expenses in 2024, according to the American Hospital Association’s annual “Cost of Caring” report released April 30. In 2024, total hospital ...

The closing of Trumbull, Conn.-based St. Joseph’s Center nursing home, part of Kennett Square, Pa.-based Genesis Healthcare, will result in a loss of 179 jobs. A June 10 WARN notice filed by the ...