New York City-based One Brooklyn Health has cut more than 50 roles across the system. The reductions include leadership and nonclinical administrative roles and are part of a broader realignment aimed at improving operational efficiency and long-term financial sustainability, according…
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Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief physician executive of Houston Methodist and president and CEO of the Houston Methodist Physician Organization, has been named Press Ganey’s HX26 Physician of the Year. The award recognizes medical professionals advancing…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received the largest single gift in the institute’s history from the Josh and Anita Bekenstein and the Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine families. The gift will support the cancer institute’s future inpatient hospital, which will be…
In this episode, Brett Bingham, Chief Network Development Officer at Banner Plans and Networks, discusses how payers and providers are shifting toward collaboration amid cost pressures and workforce shortages. He shares where strategy is outpacing execution, why data and payment…
Optum has launched a pair of AI-driven prior authorization products, one designed to speed up submissions on the provider side and another to accelerate clinical reviews for payers. The provider-facing product, Digital Auth Complete, went live in January in collaboration…
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed government and commercial insurers for spine surgeries performed by former neurosurgeon Jason Dreyer, DO. Eight things to know: 1. The…
For nurses at Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, tech adoption hinges on one question: Does it improve patient care? “Nurses have long memories,” said Lavonia Thomas, DNP, RN, chief nursing informatics and innovation officer of MD Anderson.…
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources has signed a 10-year agreement for the naming rights to a new soccer stadium in Mansfield, Texas. Texas Health Mansfield Stadium is expected to open in the summer and host the North Texas Soccer Club, an…
Midland, Mich.-based MyMichigan Health is rolling out additional changes to its executive and medical center leadership structure aimed at strengthening coordination and care delivery. Five things to know from a Feb. 4 news release: 1. Hunter Nostrant, president of MyMichigan…
Tyler Stapp, chief operating officer of Pineville (Ky.) Community Health Center, has spent his career in healthcare focused on improving patients’ access to care. Mr. Stapp helped Pineville modernize its facility and treatment options in recent years. His mission has…