House Republicans have dropped two proposals to cut Medicaid funding from the reconciliation plan as Speaker Mike Johnson aims to broker a deal that can pass a divided caucus, The Hill reported May 6.

Cambridge-based OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center launched an Epic EHR on May 4 as part of a $29.1 million investment in IT upgrades. The hospital is the latest facility within Columbus-based ...

U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best States rankings May 6, and Hawaii took the top spot for healthcare. For the rankings, the media company examined the performance of 50 states using 71 ...

The FDA has appointed Jeremy Walsh as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, marking a step in tech modernization at the agency. Mr. Walsh, who announced the career move in a May 2 LinkedIn ...

University of Miami Health System has named Olivia Mislankar executive director of revenue cycle optimization, according to a May 5 post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Mislankar joins the health system ...

A Georgia hospital has defeated a class-action lawsuit over the use of data-tracking tools on its websites, Law.com reported. A state court granted Moultrie, Ga.-based Colquitt Regional Medical Center ...

Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo., has implemented a new Meditech Expanse EHR system. The new system connects the hospital with its four hospital-based rural health clinics, according to a May ...

1. Manishkumar Patel, 44, of Pelham Manor, was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and violating the Anti-Kickback Statute, according to a May 6 ...

Columbia University is laying off 180 researchers whose work was funded by now-terminated federal grants. The New York City-based university attributed the layoffs to increasing budget constraints and ...

Julie Freischlag, MD, became CEO of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in 2017. Since then, she has led the organization through the addition of two medical centers and guided ...

Hospital margins had a slight increase in March despite significant patient volume declines, according to Kaufman Hall’s “National Hospital Flash Report” released May 7. Kaufman Hall, a Vizient ...

University of Miami Health System has 150 AI projects in the works. That type of digital innovation helped the health system garner a CIO 100 Award for being a top IT department. Becker’s recently ...