For most of its history, Hospital Sisters Health System operated as a collection of individual hospitals, each running its own operations, serving its own markets and maintaining its own workflows. The work of the past three years has been to…
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In this episode, Patrick Velliky, Chief External Affairs Officer, HaloMD, discusses new research on the No Surprises Act, emergency medicine reimbursement, and the impact of the IDR process on healthcare spending. He examines pre and post NSA payment trends, utilization…
Weymouth, Mass.-based South Shore Health has warned job seekers about a fraudulent career website and scammers that are impersonating the system’s talent acquisition team via email and text message. “Our team is actively addressing this issue through the appropriate channels…
Moody’s Ratings affirmed the “Aa3” rating and stable outlook for St. Louis-based Ascension, which operates 91 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals and more than 300 ambulatory surgery centers across 36 states. Five things to know: 1. Moody’s said in its…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health promoted one technology executive to its C-suite and gave another a new title, naming a new chief technology officer and chief digital and innovation officer. Jim Bilsky has been named senior vice president and chief technology…
Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Baptist Health, based in Little Rock, Ark., seeks a senior revenue cycle…
Alexander Ramirez, MD, was named chief physician executive of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health, according to an Oct. 5 news release shared with Becker’s. As the system’s senior physician leader, Dr. Ramirez will oversee clinical strategy, physician relations and performance in…
Flu is spreading unusually early across the western U.S., with some hospitals reporting activity levels typically seen in early winter, The Washington Post reported Oct. 4. About 150 children tested positive for influenza across the Seattle Children’s system in the…
The White House said the federal government will send more than 20 million Medicare enrollees one-time $90 payments to help with Part B premiums in early October. An Oct. 2 White House fact sheet said the payments would come from…
Amazon Web Services awarded more than $1.8 million in cash and cloud computing credits to 11 organizations, including five children’s hospitals, through its 2026 AWS Imagine Grant Children’s Health Innovation Award, the company said Oct. 5. Recipients also get technical…