Sarah Frost was named chief of hospital operations for Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan and president of Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's Hospital. 

A hospital that agreed to a settlement over a baby's death amid a 2019 ransomware attack has not paid, the plaintiff alleges.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has struck a deal with virtual nursing education company Kahuna.

Virtual cancer care startup Jasper Health has laid off staff, TechCrunch reported.

The FDA has given the green light to Moderna's mRNA-based respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, specifically for older adults, the drugmaker announced May 31.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health posted an operating income of $111.6 million (3% margin) in the nine months ending March 31,compared to $40.3 million (1.5% margin) in operating income during the same period the previous year. 

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health migrated its Epic environments to Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. 

A coalition of 230 national associations, including the AHA, is pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete agreements.

Lisa Pisano, a patient who received a pig kidney transplant at New York City-based NYU Langone Health, had it removed after 47 days due to complications, NBC News reported May 31. 

Trinity Health has signed a purchase agreement with Wildwood, Mo.-based Catholic Healthcare International to sell its legacy hospital Trinity Health Livingston in Howell, Mich.

Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla., is revising its charity care policies due to funding shortfalls, a move the investor-owned hospital called a "difficult, yet responsible, fiscally prudent decision," according to a June 3 report by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Sean Reinhardt, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Doylestown (Pa.) Health, effective June 3. He most recently served as president of Doylestown Hospital, the health system's flagship facility. 

Obesity rates have risen 11.4% in 20 years, with nearly 2 in 5 adults having obesity, the CDC said.

A series of water main breaks disrupted care at several Atlanta hospitals over the weekend and prompted city officials to declare a state of emergency, CNN reported June 2.

From a New York City hospital striking a 10-year agreement with Med–Metrix to R1 RCM allowing its two biggest shareholders to discuss a potential joint buyout of the company, here are seven RCM headlines to know from May:   

Cancer experts are increasingly optimistic about the potential for antibody-drug conjugates to become a standard treatment approach. The therapies involve attaching chemotherapy to an antibody to deliver targeted doses of chemo to cancer cells, with fewer side effects. 

Washington (Pa.) Health System has joined with Pittsburgh-based UPMC to become UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. 

Nonprofit hospital margins hit 4.3% in April, up 33% year over year, according to Kaufman Hall's "National Hospital Flash Report" released June 3.

The number of states — plus Washington, D.C. — without an "A"-rated hospital by Leapfrog increased from three to seven in less than two years.

UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare is responsible for notifying affected individuals about data privacy breaches that occurred as a result of the cyberattack on the company in late February, HHS said May 31.