Before COVID, Medicare reimbursement increases routinely outpaced the inflation rate, a narrow buffer that gave nonprofit health systems room to operate. That dynamic has reversed. Warren Ladner, CFO of Southern Illinois Healthcare, said without strategic acquisitions staying ahead of the…
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It has been two decades, but Saad Ehtisham, DHA, still remembers the meeting clearly. It was 2006, he was 36, and the CEO he worked for at the time pulled him aside afterward. “I’m a multitasker, and I can process…
Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center is proposing to cut some of its pediatric beds and move them to the emergency department, WCAX reported Nov. 4. The proposal, which will need formal state review, is looking to replace the five-bed pediatric…
Almost one year into HR 1’s $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, many rural hospital leaders still have questions about the funds. Administered by CMS, $10 billion annually will be distributed to all 50 states from 2026 through 2030, with…
So far in 2026, The Joint Commission has announced a CEO transition plan, launched two outcomes-driven certifications and condensed serious safety event lists. Here are 15 updates the accrediting body has announced since January, starting with the most recent: 1.…
Health systems are pushing more care into patients’ homes, but some are closing, selling or suspending home-based care programs. Here are the health systems that have ended, sold or announced plans to exit home-based care programs in 2026, as reported…
In this episode, Linda McHugh, MBA, MT, Executive Vice President and Chief Experience and People Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, joins the podcast to discuss incentivizing quality and patient experience to drive better outcomes and strengthen patient-centered care. She also…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference features Edwina Bhaskaran, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Systems and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, who discusses reducing healthcare data fragmentation, simplifying clinical workflows and using…
Humana and healthcare technology company Athenahealth are expanding electronic prior authorization capabilities, spanning more than 180,000 clinicians in Athenahealth’s network. According to a Nov. 3 news release, more than 6,000 providers processed almost 35,000 electronic prior authorization transactions with Humana…
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and sits at the intersection of several pressures health systems are already managing: an aging patient population, uneven access to screening and a disease that is still most…