Y. Michael Shim, MD, has been named chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, both in New York City, effective April 1. In the role, Dr. Shim, a…
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Russell Adams, MD, chief medical officer of UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa), will retire April 6. “Dr. Adams’ impact on the hospital and our organization has been immeasurable,” Carolyn Barko, interim president for UnityPoint Health-Waterloo, said in a March 23 Facebook post.…
Multiple hospitals and health systems have suffered downgrades to their financial ratings this year amid rising expenses, ongoing operating losses and challenging work environments. Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that received credit rating downgrades from Fitch Ratings or…
Health system AI initiatives tend to follow a familiar arc: leadership identifies a promising tool, a committee evaluates it, and the organization deploys it to the people who will use it. Tampa General Hospital is running a different sequence. “We…
Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance has strengthened its partnership with the New York State Department of Health and selected a new financial advisory firm to help with restructuring efforts. The health system, which sought bankruptcy protection in early February,…
West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., has temporarily paused all patient care services in its emergency room, hospital and clinics, effective immediately. Services will resume once the revenue needed to fund operations is received, a hospital spokesperson said…
Centurion Foundation, a charitable 501(c)(3) organization, has acquired North Providence, R.I.-based Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. “The path to achieving this outcome was neither easy nor…
Healthcare has been trying to solve the revenue cycle problem for twenty years. Every generation of technology promised to fix it. Workflow automation. Rules-based billing tools. Outsourced denial teams. Robotic process automation. And yet the numbers keep moving in the…
In this episode, Gretchen Wagner, Associate Vice President – Risk Management, Humana, discusses how health plans are navigating cost pressures, workforce challenges, and rapid change by strengthening value-based partnerships and operational efficiency. She highlights the critical role of data interoperability,…
In this episode, Qualenta Kivett, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Talent Officer at Tampa General Hospital, joins the podcast to discuss removing barriers for clinicians and staff through tools like ambient listening. She also shares how the organization…