In this episode, Dr. Zeshan Anwar, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Pennsylvania hospitals and System Chief of Hospital Medicine at The Guthrie Clinic, discusses the pressures and possibilities facing rural healthcare today. He shares how his team is navigating workforce…
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In this episode, Wendy Fielding, Chief Financial Officer at Dartmouth Health, joins the podcast to discuss the role of successful partnerships in driving organizational stability and growth. She shares how supporting the individual development of team members strengthens finance teams,…
The White House launched TrumpRx.gov Feb. 5, a federal direct-to-consumer platform offering discounts on 40 high-cost prescription drugs. The site was first announced in September when the administration began negotiating most-favored-nation pricing agreements requiring drugmakers to match U.S. prices to…
In this episode, Jakob Emerson, Associate News Director at Becker’s Healthcare, breaks down Kaiser Permanente’s entry into Nevada, growing tensions between hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans, and how federal payment changes are squeezing major insurers while smaller, specialized plans gain…
In this episode, Alan Condon, Editor in Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, joins Scott Becker to break down major revenue cycle developments, including Tenet regaining full control of Conifer Health Solutions and new RCM platforms targeting rural providers.
Over 130,000 individuals have enrolled to be organ donors through a new feature on Epic’s MyChart patient portal. The EHR vendor launched the organ donation button in May, and since then half of its health system customers have adopted the…
Several hospital and expansion projects are underway in South Carolina, the fastest-growing U.S. state. The state recorded a population growth rate of 1.5%, increasing by 79,958 residents between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to data from the…
There was a time when a hospital contract renewal was one of the more boring events in healthcare. Health systems and payers would work through rate disputes in private, and patients rarely knew the process was happening, let alone that…
As the New York City nurses strike — the largest of its kind in the city’s history — continues into its fourth week, the union and hospitals involved say progress is being made in negotiations. Nearly 15,000 nurses have been…
Carmela Coyle plans to retire in early 2027 as president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. Her retirement marks the culmination of a 44-year career in healthcare policy and advocacy, according to a Feb. 5 news release from the…