Chicago-based CommonSpirit recorded an operating loss of $430 million (-1.0% operating margin) in fiscal 2026 — excluding special charges — compared to an operating loss of $687 million (-1.8% margin) the year prior, according to its Sept. 30 financial report.…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Sept. 30 establishing new safeguards for clinical judgment and addressing bias in AI tools used in healthcare. The measures are part of a broader package of AI laws protecting workers and consumers. The healthcare…
The United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other nation, yet tens of millions of Americans are uninsured, and many more are underinsured. Families with deductibles of $5,000, $10,000 or more often find that their coverage provides…
Meditech’s Traverse Exchange network connects more than 800 facilities across 200 organizations, providing access to health information for more than 43 million patients nationwide. The interoperability network spans 45 states and U.S. territories and has facilitated the exchange of more…
Health systems deliver complex care every day. Far less of it reaches the final bill intact. Between the bedside and the claim sits a patchwork of quality teams, coders, retrospective reviews and post-discharge vendors, all working to reconstruct decisions already…
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- Dr. Yair Saperstein, CEO, Co-Founder, Hospitalist
- Matt Hoffman, Chief Commercial Officer, Avo
- Michelle Wieczorek, SVP Clinical Sales Enablement, Avo
Ryan Southcomb has been named CFO of Ascension Saint Joseph – Chicago, according to an Oct. 1 news release shared with Becker’s. Prior to his new role, Mr. Southcomb served as a regional CFO for Prime Healthcare. He also served…
As health system “megamergers” become more prominent, some state officials are calling for closer scrutiny of deals that would create larger regional and cross-market organizations. Two major proposed combinations — HealthPartners and Essentia Health in Minnesota, and Atrium Health and…
People taking GLP-1s are more than four times as likely to report nail detachment as similar patients with obesity or type 2 diabetes who don’t take the drugs, according to research presented Oct. 1 at the European Academy of Dermatology…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has formally launched The Cooperative, an initiative building healthcarewide models to protect patients from extreme heat and poor air quality. The health system unveiled the initiative Sept. 22 at The Cooperative’s first Innovation Forum. The…
Merck has stopped manufacturing and marketing Recarbrio, an antibiotic that targeted multidrug-resistant infections. The FDA approved Recarbrio (cilastatin sodium, imipenem and relebactam) in July 2019 for adults with complicated urinary tract infections or complicated intra-abdominal infections who have limited or…