Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare submitted a notice of intervention Jan. 22 to interject itself into insurer UCare’s rehabilitation. UCare planned to hand over its Medicaid and ACA businesses to fellow insurer Medica in 2026 as its Medicare Advantage line discontinues. In…
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A common acute care discharge order, “follow up in one week with primary care,” is a virtually impossible task amid ever-growing waitlists at primary care clinics across the U.S. So what if healthcare facilities stopped defaulting to this order? That…
Shane Sanborn has been appointed CEO of Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg, Idaho, Shoshone News-Press reported Jan. 20. Mr. Sanborn succeeds Paul Lewis, who led the hospital for six years before taking a new role in Kootenai County. Prior to…
A nurse from Hackensack Meridian Health’s John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack, N.J., is on what she calls a “world tour” to raise awareness about a new AI-powered clinical tool designed to help frontline clinicians quickly surface critical patient information.…
Sharon (Pa.) Regional Health System has appointed Todd Tamalunas as interim CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Tamalunas succeeds Casey Fatch, who stepped into a newly created role as vice president of decision support at Tenor Health Foundation, which owns Sharon Regional,…
At Duke Health, pharmacy leaders say the era of easy cost savings is over. “All the low-hanging fruit has been hit,” said Roya Tran, PharmD, associate chief pharmacy officer for pharmacy finance and supply chain at the Durham, N.C.-based health…
The American Hospital Association expressed concern about legislative proposals regarding hospital price transparency that it said would “diverge from current regulatory requirements and impose additional administrative burdens on hospitals and health systems.” The AHA outlined its concerns in a Jan.…
As many health systems remain focused on cost containment and recovery, Sutter Health is leaning into growth and pairing it with tighter financial and operational discipline. Luke Rockenbach, CFO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s Silicon Valley Division, said the past…
Becker’s asked 45 healthcare leaders how their health systems will balance human oversight in revenue cycle and clinical documentation in 2026. The leaders featured below are speaking at Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference, Sept. 14-Sep. 17,…
The St. Cloud (Minn.) VA Medical Center and its affiliated clinics will transition to a new EHR system in May 2027. The platform, called the Federal EHR, is also used by the Department of Defense and is intended to enhance…