VA to go live with online appointment scheduling in January
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to be able to roll out new app software nationwide to enable online appointment scheduling beginning this January. Patients initially will be able to set up primary-care appointments via an…
Over $600M in employee pay raises planned for 2026, Providence CEO says
An internal memo to employees said the health system will be able to afford higher pay increases "because of the difficult choices we made in 2025," when the 51-hospital system laid off employees and management across multiple divisions.
Healthcare Dealmakers—$6B NJ hospital merger nixed, Blue Cross KC affiliating with Highmark and more
Cencora is spending $5 billion to accelerate its majority buyout of OneOncology, New Mountain Capital considers sale and consolidation of five health tech portfolio companies and more merger and acquisition news from December.