Baxter has received FDA approval to extend the shelf life of more than 50 intravenous and irrigation products by up to 12 months, now allowing for a 24-month expiry from products made before September 2024, according to an Oct. 28 news release from the company. 

Deborah Spielman has been appointed CEO of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Children's Hospital at Erlanger, effective Oct. 28.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health will officially convert to a private nonprofit health system following a vote by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners.

Western North Carolina is facing a healthcare crisis as communities struggle to recover from Hurricane Helene's devastating impact, The New York Times reported Oct. 28. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health are both looking to increase their bed counts at their primary hospitals in Charlotte, the Charlotte Business Journal reported Oct. 28.

The World Health Organization said global antibiotic use could drop by 22% annually if vaccines against 23 specific pathogens were widely developed, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26. 

Oregon State Hospital, a psychiatric facility based in Salem and managed by the Oregon Health Authority, is now in substantial compliance with federal requirements for participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Becker's has reported 36 CEO retirements in 2024. 

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, and union nurses have agreed to a new contract, which was recently approved.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's board of directors authorized a $0.66 per share cash dividend to be paid on Dec. 27. 

Merger and acquisition activity is rebounding after a drop in deal volume during the pandemic, with many large health systems growing their hospital portfolios or planning to add more hospitals in the coming quarters.

Dallas-based Parkland Health suffered a data breach, which has affected 6,523 patients, CBS News Texas reported Oct. 28. 

About 1% of audio transcriptions written by Open AI's Whisper, a speech recognition tool launched in 2022 and currently used in hospitals, contain hallucinated phrases or sentences when nobody spoke, according to a recent study. 

The CDC has confirmed 34 human bird flu cases in 2024, but the total number remains elusive as health departments struggle to track the outbreak, KFF Health News reported Oct. 25. 

A federal court has ordered Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, to recognize SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the bargaining agent of about 200 employees and to, upon request, resume negotiations, according to court records accessed by Becker's.

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Oct. 10:

The San Jose (Calif.) Planning Commission has recommended rejecting Good Samaritan Hospital's proposed expansion, largely due to concerns about its for-profit owner, HCA Healthcare, according to the San Jose Spotlight. 

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is unifying its IT functions with Emory University.

Dallas pharmacy owner Ivor Jallah, 37, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a large-scale healthcare fraud scheme in which he billed insurers for medications never provided to patients. 

Oracle Health said it intends to obtain the Qualified Health Information Network designation under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, known as TEFCA.