Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has divested around 35% of its portfolio since 2019, but net revenue has stayed relatively the same, shifting slightly from approximately $13 billion in 2019 to $12.5 billion in 2025. “The EBITDA is also relatively…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage has named four new leaders. The appointments come less than a year after the hospital named five new C-suite leaders, including a new CEO. Melissa Butler was named COO, according to…
Optum has launched Value Connect, an AI-powered platform designed to help payers and providers operationalize value-based care models by combining clinical, operational and financial data into a single system. The platform uses AI across quality measures, utilization patterns and risk…
Illinois has erased more than $1.1 billion in medical debt for more than 500,000 residents. Working in partnership with Unpaid Medical Debt, the state has committed about $10 million to eliminate the more than $1 billion in debt, according to…
As patients increasingly use AI search and chatbots to find health information, health system marketers told Becker’s they’re focusing on cultivating credibility and connectivity over chasing clicks. Sixteen percent of Americans now turn to chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini…
Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System has agreed to serve as the presenting partner of Live Nation-promoted concerts at a local amphitheatre. Starting this summer at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., those performances will be dubbed Albany Med…
About a quarter of pregnant women are not receiving prenatal care in their first trimester, a new CDC report shows. The analysis, released Feb. 18, is based on national birth certificate data from the agency’s National Vital Statistics System. 1.…
As U.S. healthcare increasingly adopts team-based care, medical schools are working to prepare students for future care delivery models, according to a Feb. 18 article from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Team-based care, or a coordinated balance of physicians…
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has shared plans to build a $12 million emergency department at its Essentia Health-Fosston (Minn.) this spring. The new ED will add more than 5,500 square feet to the hospital’s campus, growing it from 1,100 square…
Providence has received a second $75 million gift from longtime philanthropists Phil and Penny Knight to advance cardiac care at Providence Heart Institute and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. Five things to know: 1. The donation matches…