UnitedHealthcare’s commercial business is planning more prior authorization rollbacks and wants to be seen as a better partner to the health systems it negotiates with, the unit’s CEO and CFO said at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dan Kueter,…
Leadership & Management
The pressure on healthcare is not new. However, the industry’s ability to manage it requires leaders to rethink old strategies. This week offered three signals that the usual headwinds are evolving as payers face new threats, hospitals run out of…
The relationship between a CEO and CFO has always been an important factor in steering a hospital or health system in the right direction, but now many healthcare leaders say it’s never been more important for the two roles to…
Hospitals across the U.S. are struggling with rising emergency department (ED) demand, inpatient capacity constraints and longer lengths of stay. Leaders at University Health in San Antonio, Texas, say a predictive approach to patient flow helped them address those trends.…
As hospital and health systems navigate workforce changes, AI disruption and a post-pandemic trust deficit, a clear theme has emerged among leaders: The largest gaps in leadership aren’t technical, they’re human. Executives at the front of healthcare leadership say their…
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from lawmakers on vaccines, the next CDC director and the overhaul of a key task force during separate Senate hearings on April 22. Here are four takeaways from Mr. Kennedy’s hearings with…
When Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, arrived at the University of Texas Medical Branch three years ago, he inherited the oldest medical school west of the Mississippi, a BSL-4 national biosafety lab, aerospace medicine, a telemedicine program serving ships at sea,…
When Ketul Patel became president and CEO of Wellstar Health System in Marietta, Ga., in October, he stepped into an 11-hospital system with more than 34,000 employees. Six months in, he has a clear vision: grow the $8 billion system across the Southeast…
Across the country, rural and community hospitals are facing financial pressure, workforce challenges, and policy uncertainty. In fact, more than 40% of rural hospitals are operating at a loss, putting many communities at risk of losing access to care. Against…
Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Inland Northwest Washington named four members to its Community Mission Board of Directors. The new members are Amy Eddy, MD, Nolan McMullin, MD, Janessa Graves, PhD, and Mary McDirmid, according to an April 21 Providence news release…