The Austin, Texas-based University of Texas System is expanding access to Abridge’s AI-powered clinical documentation and clinician intelligence platform through a new enterprisewide agreement. The agreement, according to an Oct. 8 news release from Abridge, establishes a systemwide framework for…
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In a new lawsuit, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan of conspiring with other Blues plans to block competition and using its grip on the health insurance market to overcharge the state and…
Workers at Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital have ratified a new contract and are preparing to return to work after more than two weeks on strike, according to an Oct. 8 news release shared with Becker’s by SEIU District 1199. Members…
Agents and AI are on every vendor’s banner these days, Availity’s Sean Barrett observed — yet getting payer data into the workflows those agents run remains the hard part. During a featured session sponsored by Availity at Becker’s 11th Annual…
Between 2010 and 2025, U.S. hospitals shut down at comparable rates whether they were in urban or rural areas, according to a research letter published Oct. 8 in JAMA Network. Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Meadowbrook, Pa.-based Redeemer Health has defaulted on a required bond payment, according to an Oct. 8 notice posted through the Electronic Municipal Market Access system. The bonds are publicly traded, tax-exempt municipal bonds for which the system is obligated. The…
Lewiston, Maine-based Central Maine Healthcare, which Prime Healthcare Foundation acquired in February, issued a termination notice to the physician group that staffs emergency departments at its three hospitals. BlueWater Emergency Partners, based in Brunswick, Maine, will stop providing emergency medicine…
As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters. Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…
Hospitals and health systems have named dozens of nurses as CEO or president between January and early October, according to Becker’s reporting. The appointments include critical access hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health facilities, academic medical centers and multi-hospital systems. Several…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Peter Shorett as its next president and CEO, effective January 2027. Mr. Shorett will succeed Kevin Tabb, MD, who announced in March that he plans to step down after leading the system…