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Clinical Denials: You Can Win the Appeal and Still Miss the Pattern, Every Denial Is Telling You Something
Most revenue cycle teams measure denials management the same way: overturn rate and dollars recovered. Those numbers matter, and a team that moves them is doing real work. But both are lagging indicators. They tell you what you won back—not…
Hospital outpatient departments were paid an average of 102% more per unit than physician offices for the same physician-administered medications, a premium that adds up to about $12.7 billion a year in employer health spending, according to new research from…
The University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City health campus will be renamed after a $150 million gift from energy executive Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in the university’s history, according to a Sept. 22 news release shared with Becker’s. The…
Americans already wait weeks — and in some communities, months — to see a physician. At the very moment our nation needs more doctors, federal policy may be making it more difficult for talented young people to become one. New federal…
The extraordinary turbulence surrounding AI security is likely to have a profound impact on board governance of health care companies, both as to its overarching agenda and to director oversight obligations. This, given the extensive commitment by many such companies to AI…
Reginald Munden, MD, DMD, will step down as chair of the Department of Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston at the end of December 2026. Madelene Lewis, MD, will succeed him as department chair effective Jan.…
‘We’re replacing 12 positions with 4′: Inside health systems’ revenue cycle reskilling playbooks
At Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference on Sept. 14 in Chicago, three revenue cycle leaders discussed what reskilling a finance team looks like once the easy automation wins are gone. Diana Allen, PhD, revenue…
Advocate Health, Penn Medicine leaders on AI’s real payoff — and real hurdles: 4 notes
At the opening keynote of Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference in Chicago, two health system technology leaders set up the argument that would carry through the rest of the week: The hardest problems facing…
The AI operating model: How health systems turn AI into enterprise capability
Health systems do not need more AI pilots. They need a better way to decide which AI opportunities to pursue, how to deploy them, who remains accountable after deployment and whether they create measurable value. That is not simply a…
Cleveland Clinic has opened two research buildings totaling 300,000 square feet on its main campus, part of what the system calls the largest research investment in its more than 100-year history. The buildings house more than 700 employees and nearly…
