As health systems continue to face escalating pressures, from labor shortages and capacity constraints to continued margin compression, leaders are increasingly exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen utilization management (UM), enhance clinical alignment, and improve operational flow. Yet many…
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs has expanded its partnership with GraphiteRx to support the Cost Plus Marketplace for Businesses. The platform combines Cost Plus Drugs’ pricing model with GraphiteRx’s marketplace technology to help hospitals, pharmacies and clinics access essential medications…
One in 4 patients say they’ve switched healthcare providers because they lost trust in them, marketing agency Monigle found. Here are the top 12 reasons consumers don’t trust their providers, according to the survey of 1,000 household healthcare decision-makers published…
Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind., is putting $1.6 million toward employee wage increases, the hospital said in a Dec. 2 statement. The initiative includes raising the inpatient registered nurse pay scale from $33 to $45 per hour, along with…
Amid ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates, many hospitals and health systems are being forced to close maternity services in 2025.
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been designated a National Rare Disease Center of Excellence by the National Organization for Rare Disorders. The designation was earned in partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, also based…
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian recorded an operating income of $115 million (3.9% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2025, down from an operating income of $123 million (4.5% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Nov.…
Collin McLarty has been appointed CEO of Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder, Texas. He most recently served as CEO of Yoakum County Hospital in Denver City, Texas, according to a Sept. 4 hospital news release. Mr. McLarty had served as…
The American Hospital Association outlined five key ways hospitals and health systems are reimagining their workforce strategies in a Dec. 3 report. The association’s 2026 Health Care Workforce Scan report offers an annual snapshot of healthcare employment based on the…
ECG’s Publicly Traded Hospital Quarterly Earnings Release Update for Q3 of 2025 is now available! This edition includes a spotlight on full-year expectations, with government policy emerging as a primary concern for health systems moving forward. A few notable trends:…