Jeff Lagasse
Northwell will become a 28-hospital system after integrating seven Nuvance hospitals in Connecticut and New York.
Declining physician payments and rising operational costs place emergency medicine at financial risk, RAND finds.
While the current climate is putting a "chill" on healthcare decision-making, hospital volumes and operating margins remain steady.
The quality of payers' digital experiences is lagging behind those of finance and property and casualty insurance, finds J.D. Power.
Duke has assumed operations at the Mooresville, North Carolina-based hospital and its related businesses.
The group is advocating for digital healthcare initiatives such as expanded access to virtual care and telehealth.
The companies say the new platform will transform how employers manage their health benefits programs.
Nationally, infant mortality remains persistently high at 5.5 deaths per 1,000 births, data shows.
The top 15 states with the most growth in the ACA Marketplace since 2020 were all won by President Trump last year, data shows.
A decline in personnel costs, particularly a continued drop in contract labor use, is contributing to the improvement.