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Health systems are looking for new ways to help clinicians practice at the top of their license. One avenue they are exploring is creating support roles that can take on nonclinical and time-consuming care tasks. Here are the support roles…

John Mikesic has been named chief supply chain officer of Washington, D.C.-based Children’s Hospital Association. Mr. Mikesic most recently served as executive director of supply chain at the Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care.  In his new role, Mr. Mikesic…

Florida has 15 hospitals included on Healthgrades’ Top 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care list, the most of any U.S. state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 28. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across 31 procedures and conditions…

On average, Medicare Advantage enrollees were in plans that covered only 48% of the physicians that traditional Medicare beneficiaries had access to, according to an Oct. 27 KFF report. The study reviewed 4,200 individual HMO/PPO MA plans from 2022 that…

Hospital and health system leaders are placing greater emphasis on patient experience than ever before, according to an Oct. 28 report from healthcare consultancy Sage Growth Partners. Sage Growth Partners surveyed 101 C-suite executives from integrated delivery networks, academic medical…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare recorded an operating income of $889 million (16.8% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2025, down from $1.1 billion (21.2% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Oct. 28 earnings report. “Our high…

Cleveland Clinic and Axuall have entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop and deploy Axuall Sync.  Axuall Sync is a clinical workforce intelligence platform designed to enhance the accuracy and completeness of provider data. The collaboration, according to an Oct.…

Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health and the University of Houston are partnering on an $15 million medical and education center. The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine and DHR Health Medical Research and Education Center will be…

The pharmacy benefits landscape is changing quickly, prompting health systems to adapt. With rising drug costs, regulations, and increasing demands for transparency, many are rethinking their reliance on legacy PBM contracts and are exploring modular, tech-enabled models that provide greater…