With the fate of Steward hospitals like Morton in Taunton hanging in the balance, State Sen. Marc Pacheco said Southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape and Islands “cannot withstand any further loss of healthcare in terms of hospital closings.”
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty was expected to offer an apology Wednesday for the February cyberattack that crippled much of the U.S. healthcare system, according to testimony prepared ahead of his likely grilling before Congress.
Two Wisconsin health systems that merged in 2022 announced a new name for their organization on Tuesday. Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, which initially kept their respective names, will transition toward operating as Emplify Health.
Terry Forde is leaving his post as president and CEO of Gaithersburg’s Adventist HealthCare in August after a decadelong tenure to lead a health system on Florida’s Space Coast.
CEO Chris Munton took the helm at Wilson Medical Center a year ago after the hospital endured a crisis, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services placing it on immediate jeopardy status four times in a year