Demand for nonclinical roles in healthcare drops: Indeed

 As healthcare drives U.S. job gains, not all roles within the industry are seeing increased demand.

Demand for nonclinical roles within healthcare organizations is declining relative to demand for healthcare-specific roles, according to a March 3 report from Indeed, which draws on data from the platform’s job listings.

Nonhealthcare-specific roles comprised about 35% of job postings from healthcare organizations as of January — a drop from 43% at the beginning of 2018. 

According to Indeed, the trends suggest the industry’s ability to welcome workers from other industries may increasingly rely on training them for healthcare-specific roles.

One area affecting employment across industries is artificial intelligence, which could remain a concern for employees in nonhealthcare-specific roles within healthcare organizations. AI has already reached hospitals and health systems, Sunil Dadlani, executive vice president and chief information, digital and cybersecurity officer of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, told Becker’s in August.

“From clinical-decision support to revenue cycle automation, AI is already augmenting workflows, accelerating diagnosis and streamlining administrative tasks,” Mr. Dadlani said. “Roles in medical coding, documentation, scheduling and even elements of diagnostics are increasingly supported — or replaced — by intelligent systems.”

Here are three additional notes from the Indeed report:

1. After reaching a post-pandemic low in March 2022, healthcare and social assistance jobs have increased at nearly double the pace they did between 2010 and 2020.

2. The two sectors added 690,000 jobs across the nation in 2025 and now employ about 15% of the total U.S. workforce.

3. Overall employment in hospitals and physicians’ offices grew by 2.1% and 2.4%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/demand-for-nonclinical-roles-in-healthcare-drops-indeed/

New York safety-net hospital board chair to resign after 10 months

 Stuart Rabinowitz, who was appointed chair of the board overseeing a New York safety-net hospital by Gov. Kathy Hochul, plans to resign March 15.

Mr. Rabinowitz assumed the board chair role at Nassau Health Care Corp., which oversees Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., during a period of “profound instability,” according to a March 2 board news release shared with Becker’s.

He was named board chair May 31 following a state-approved restructuring. Shortly after, hospital President and CEO Megan Ryan announced plans to resign and was later terminated. Nine other hospital leaders also resigned. 

In addition to the leadership turnover, the hospital faced a projected deficit of more than $167 million and compromised internal financial systems, the release said.

“Stu Rabinowitz stepped up when Nassau University Medical Center desperately needed steady, serious leadership,” Ms. Hochul said in the release. “His focus on accountability and fiscal management has helped put this critical safety-net hospital on the road to recovery, and I thank him for his dedicated service to the Long Island region.”

During his tenure, Mr. Rabinowitz and the board secured $110 million in state operating support to stabilize the hospital’s finances, recruited an interim CEO and “initiated legal action to recover improperly awarded executive compensation,” the release said.

Since the leadership exits, the hospital and Ms. Ryan have filed lawsuits against each other. In November, the hospital also filed separate lawsuits against seven former executives over alleged improper termination payments.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-executive-moves/new-york-safety-net-hospital-board-chair-to-resign-after-10-months/

SEC Is Pushing Back Against New Wave of High-Leverage ETF Plans

 

The US Securities and Exchange Commission asked leveraged-ETF issuers not to move forward with a new wave of planned funds, using a rare group call Monday to renew its push against increasingly aggressive fund structures.

The agency’s Division of Investment Management made the ask during a brief call with independent trustees and fund counsel, according to six people familiar with the matter. The call lasted only a few minutes with no question-and-answer session, participants said. The message, they said, was to relay to issuers that they shouldn’t go effective — the step that activates a fund’s registration and clears it to launch — with their proposed products.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/sec-pushes-back-on-5x-leveraged-etf-plans-on-rare-group-call

Scholar Rock reaffirms 2026 BLA resubmission, U.S. launch, up to $550m Blue Owl Capital debt

 

Scholar Rock reaffirms 2026 apitegromab BLA resubmission and U.S. launch, secures up to $550m Blue Owl Capital debt facility

• FDA–Novo–Catalent remediation progressing after constructive FDA meeting; manufacturing resumed, reinspection expected, enabling 2026 BLA resubmission.
• Company reaffirms 2026 apitegromab BLA resubmission and U.S. launch timing despite prior CRL and manufacturing disruptions.
• Second U.S. fill/finish site advancing; engineering runs underway, with supplemental BLA planned for later 2026 approval.
• EMA review of apitegromab ongoing; European decision expected mid-2026, with Germany anticipated as first launch market.
• Commercial build-out advanced: U.S. field team active, payer discussions ongoing, and home-infusion network established ahead of launch.
• 2025 operating expenses $384.6m, including $75.6m stock-based compensation; year-end cash balance $368m supports planned development and launch.

https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=SRRK&p=d

France's Macron: France cannot approve military actions by US, Israel

 President Emmanuel Macron has ordered the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean, following an emergency session at the Élysée Palace to address the “dangerous escalation” of the conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Speaking on Tuesday, Macron confirmed that France will deploy advanced anti-missile and anti-drone systems to the Republic of Cyprus to bolster the island’s security after Monday’s drone strikes on RAF Akrotiri.

The French leader, who held urgent consultations with President Nikos Christodoulides and leaders from Lebanon, Qatar, and the UAE, warned that a potential Israeli land operation would constitute a “strategic error” and cautioned that the conflict is now “spreading in the region” with grave consequences for global peace.

Macron aimed to distance Paris from the recent military actions taken by the US and Israel against Iran, stating that France “cannot approve” of the current trajectory of the campaign. Instead, the Élysée is prioritising “non-combatant evacuation operations,” with the first two flights carrying French citizens from the conflict zone scheduled to land in Paris this evening.

In Nicosia, Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed that the French aid was finalised early on Tuesday, noting that Germany has also provided an “initially positive” response to requests for further air defence support.

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/international/macron-deploys-charles-de-gaulle-missile-defence-cyprus/

' France's Macron: France has defense agreements with Qatar, Kuwait, UAE; will show solidarity'

 

France is "ready" to defend Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran if necessary, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Monday, February 2.

Iran has launched a series of missile and drone strikes on several Gulf countries, saying it is targeting US bases, after being hit by US-Israeli missiles from Saturday that had killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"To allied countries that have been deliberately targeted by the missiles and drones of the [Iranian] Revolutionary Guards and dragged into a war they did not choose – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan – France expresses its full support and complete solidarity," he said, adding: "It stands ready, in accordance with the agreements that bind it to its partners and with the principle of collective self-defense provided under international law, to take part in their defense."

Barrot said an estimated 400,000 French citizens were residents or currently visiting countries in and around the Gulf. France, Germany and the United Kingdom said Sunday they were ready to defend their interests and those of their allies in the Gulf if needed.

"Iran's reckless attacks have targeted our close allies and are threatening our service personnel and our civilians across the region," they said in a joint statement. "We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran's capability to fire missiles and drones at their source," they added.

Fresh strikes were heard across the Gulf on Monday, including on the cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama, as Iran's army said it had used 15 cruise missiles in attacks on a US air base in Kuwait and vessels in the Indian Ocean.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/02/france-ready-to-defend-gulf-countries-against-iran-if-necessary-foreign-minister_6750997_4.html

'Soros CIO at Bloomberg Confab: Markets Will Be Painful for More Than a Year'

 

Soros Fund Management Chief Investment Officer Dawn Fitzpatrick said investors are in for a “painful” 18 to 24 months as markets grapple with geopolitical risks and the threat of AI disruption.

“Market participants are dealing with an enormous amount of uncertainty,” Fitzpatrick said on Tuesday at the Bloomberg Invest conference in New York, referring to falling stocks of software companies perceived to be at risk from AI and the conflict in the Middle East, among other factors. “Under the surface, there’s a lot of fatigue from all of that.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/soros-cio-says-markets-will-be-painful-for-more-than-a-year