Most hospital leaders understand the financial risk of prior authorization breakdowns. But another source of revenue leakage is gaining attention: claim denials tied to medical necessity. These denials are harder to predict, tougher to appeal, and more expensive to resolve.…
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Three former leaders at Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health are being sued for alleged fraud and retaliation in a lawsuit filed Oct. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Here are eight things to know: 1.…
R1 RCM has entered an agreement to acquire Phare Health, a healthcare technology company developing AI tools for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement. The deal is expected to close by the end of October, according to an Oct. 14…
Abiomed has issued a recall alert after identifying a cybersecurity risk with its Automated Impella Controllers. In an Oct. 1 alert to customers, the manufacturer directed users to disable the affected operating systems from the network and keep them in…
Global technology giant Oracle said Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has improved core business system performance by up to 98% after migrating to the software developer’s autonomous AI database and cloud infrastructure. As part of the hospital’s long-term modernization plan, Oracle…
Jacob Robinson was appointed president of Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock, according to his LinkedIn page. Mr. Robinson is a veteran of the cardiovascular hospital, his page shows. Most recently, he served as chief strategy and operations officer. He…
Micah Roden was named chief human resources executive for Ascension Florida, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, according to an Oct. 14 LinkedIn post. In his new role, Mr. Roden will help spearhead HR strategies to help engage and support employees…
Hospital transactions increased in the third quarter amid policy and funding changes, according to Kaufman Hall’s “M&A Quarterly Activity Report: Q3 2025” released Oct. 14. “Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill has passed, hospitals and health systems have more…
The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, the final school in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $250 million national initiative, broke ground Oct. 14 in Demopolis. The $26.4 million healthcare high school is adjacent to its primary medical partner, Whitfield Regional Hospital, according to…
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has promoted Christina Corkery to vice president of revenue cycle, according to an Oct. 13 post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Corkery joined ChristianaCare in July 2024 as corporate director of revenue cycle. Prior to joining ChristianaCare,…