Healthcare technology and revenue cycle management company CareCloud has promoted Bonnie Boyer to CFO, effective Oct. 1. Ms. Boyer currently serves as CareCloud’s assistant CFO, according to a Sept. 29 news release from the company. She succeeds Norman Roth, who…
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Health systems face rising case complexity, thin specialty coverage and operating margins too tight to absorb preventable revenue loss. Denials and misclassified patient status quietly drain dollars that smaller systems can least afford to lose. A nonprofit health system serving…
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The average starting salary for all physicians has hit $419,000 in 2025-26, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from AMN Healthcare. On top of base salaries, signing bonuses were offered in 87% of physician search engagements in 2025-26, averaging…
St. Louis-based Ascension has appointed Donna Wagner, MSN, RN, as chief nursing and operating officer of Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns County. Ms. Wagner will bring more than three decades of experience in nursing leadership, clinical operations and education to…
Physicians in value-based contracts are doing two jobs at once: delivering care and proving it. Risk adjustment, quality reporting and payer-specific documentation all land on the same clinicians already spending 5.3 hours in the EHR for every eight hours of…
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Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Health System recorded operating income of $261 million (2.8% margin) for fiscal year 2026, compared with operating income of $239 million (2.8% margin) in fiscal 2025, according to its Sept. 25 financial report. Four things to know:…
For most health plans, social risk lives inside care management, disconnected from strategy and the balance sheet. The result is avoidable utilization no one has quantified and spending no one has traced to a cause. As medical costs climb and…
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Cristine More has been named vice president of philanthropy for Nashua-based Southern New Hampshire Health, according to a Sept. 29 news release shared with Becker’s. In her new role, Ms. More will lead the system’s philanthropic strategy and legacy trust,…
Hospitals in multiple states have earned new trauma center designations or secured re-verification in 2026, expanding access to emergency care and reinforcing regional trauma networks. The designations — awarded by state health departments or the American College of Surgeons —…
Williamsburg, Va.-based Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has earned provisional Level III Adult Trauma Center designation from the Virginia Department of Health. The designation followed years of preparation and a site review in June, according to a Sept. 28 news…