Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has established the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Institute for Evidence, Innovation and Policy. The institute expands BIDMC’s Smith Center for Outcomes Research into a multidisciplinary research enterprise made up of several centers.…
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As AI moves deeper into hospital operations, health system COOs and strategy leaders say their roles are shifting from gathering information and overseeing workflows to coaching teams, building governance and deciding where the technology belongs. Many are using AI to…
Musculoskeletal (MSK) spending keeps climbing faster than expected. Prior authorization (PA) does what it’s built to do: screen claims and stop the wrong care from being delivered at the point of service. But by the time a member is in…
Dec 8, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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- Traci Granston, MD, VP Clinical Innovation & Trend, Quality & Cost Strategy (QCS), Humana
- Nick Kings, VP & GM, Specialty Risk Solutions, Carelon
- Rachel Winokur, CEO & Founder, TailorCare
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, is urging employers to consider an alternative to traditional group health plans that allows workers to select their own individual insurance coverage. Speaking Sept. 30 at an event in Austin, Texas, Dr. Oz promoted CHOICE…
UnitedHealthcare is withdrawing from international private medical insurance in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s Sept. 29. According to a Cigna news release, UnitedHealthcare Global will exclusively recommend the Cigna Global Health Benefits…
Every health system has goals it would pursue if it had the capacity: close every gap in follow-up care, get patients to the right specialist sooner, keep quality reporting complete and on time, protect the revenue it earns for care…
Nov 10, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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Presenters:
- Eren Alkan, VP of Forward Deployed, Bunkerhill Health
- Dr. Peter McCaffrey, VP & Chief Digital + AI Officer, UTMB
- Dr. John Hanna, Associate Chief Health Information Officer, ECU Health
- Dr. James Lin, Vice President Information Technology, Hawaii Pacific Health
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have reached a tentative labor contract with Baystate Health covering nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Mass. “We have reached a tentative agreement and look forward to the bargaining unit members having…
Myra Gregorian was named senior vice president and chief people officer of Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System. Ms. Gregorian joins MultiCare from Seattle Children’s Hospital, where she was senior vice president and chief people and transformation officer, according to a…
Health systems are creating and expanding executive roles to oversee AI, digital transformation and emerging technologies, adding new titles to their C-suites. Here are new IT roles hospitals and health systems have added to their C-suites since Jan. 6: Editor’s…
UPMC officially expanded into Ohio on Oct. 1 after completing the acquisition of a four-hospital system based in Steubenville, Ohio. Here is more on that and 10 other hospital M&A deals expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026: …