“We plan to open a dozen or more smaller format CVS Pharmacy locations in select communities nationally over the next year,” CVS confirmed Sunday in a statement. “The new pharmacies will be introduced in select neighborhoods to help bridge gaps in care and make it easier for patients to access medications, immunizations, and other pharmacist-provided health care services.”
An anonymous donor contributed $30,000 to Luigi Mangione's defense fund, the largest donation the accused killer has received so far. Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan in December 2024. He was taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following a five-day manhunt. He is charged federally with two counts of stalking, one count of murder through use of a firearm and a firearms offense. He is also facing state charges in New York and Pennsylvania. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Orlando Health plans to shut down a recently purchased Brevard County hospital, eliminating more than 900 jobs, because it said the facility is in poor condition and upgrading it is not cost effective. The announcement is an unexpected move in Orlando Health's expansion drive, with an uncertain but likely significant impact on the region's hospital market, since it will take years to replace the facility. The hospital system said it plans to build a new hospital in Brevard and to offer the 940 employees now working at Rockledge Hospital positions at other Orlando Health facilities. The hospital and four outpatient centers will close April 22.
Mount Sinai’s plans to shut down Beth Israel Hospital have stalled again. A New York appellate judge on Friday issued a new temporary stay blocking the move, just days after a state Supreme Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Manhattan hospital's long-delayed closure. Mount Sinai announced shortly after Monday's dismissal that it would begin the process of shutting down Beth Israel immediately, with the goal of closing completely by March 26. But Friday's temporary ruling puts that closure date in doubt. Justice John Higgit put the stay in place pending a determination on the case by a panel of judges.
A Tampa hospital has announced plans to close, effective April 30. Kindred Hospital will shutter its location at 4555 S. Manhattan Ave. and lay off 143 workers. The nearly 150 employees are neither represented by a union nor are they eligible for transfer, reassignment or bumping rights. The Kindred Hospital Bay Area - Tampa is a 73-bed long-term acute care hospital.
When Mind Springs Health announced Monday that West Springs Hospital will permanently close on March 10, questions and concerns emerged from the community. From patients to former staff and law enforcement to hospital emergency departments, news that western Colorado's only psychiatric hospital will close left many scrambling to prepare for the fallout.