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Sanford has signed an agreement to merge with two-hospital system North Memorial Health. If approved, the merger would allow Sanford to expand more deeply in the state, after other proposed deals fell apart.

Strikes at Kaiser, including a monthlong work stoppage among 31,000 nurses and other employees, added to the nonprofit health system’s rising expenses in the first quarter, which dinged its operating margin.

Only 33% of physicians surveyed by the American Medical Association said they believed voluntary pledges made by major insurers last year to reform prior authorization would result in any meaningful difference to the industry.

Tenet wants Leapfrog to pay $10.5 million in legal fees after a judge agreed that the nonprofit unfairly deflated Tenet’s hospital ratings. The penalty would “cast a specter of financial ruin” over the nonprofit, Leapfrog said.

The civil rights enforcement arm of the HHS will reinstate a division dissolved during the Biden administration that focuses on conscientious objections and religious issues in health and social programs.

The healthcare AI company said San Oo’s appointment comes at an inflection point for Abridge as it inks deals with more health systems.

Hospitals affiliated with Mount Sinai, the University of Michigan and the University of Kansas allege that CVS artificially deflated reimbursement for 340B drugs and caused the hospitals to lose $250 million in savings.

The health system received UNC’s offer to combine days after publicly announcing plans to merge with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Ultimately, WakeMed decided Atrium is the best path forward.

UHS will establish a new nonprofit to absorb financial responsibility of GW University’s debt-ridden physician practice group. Executives told Healthcare Dive the deal should help stabilize those clinical operations in the D.C. region.

Ardent elevated its former COO, Dave Caspers, to the top job as the Tennessee-based system grapples with its declining stock price.