New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has turned to automation and AI to keep pace with roughly 30% volume growth while reducing the manual workload tied to prior authorization and patient estimates. Ochsner operates 46 hospitals and more than 370 outpatient and…
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As physician organizations grow — adding locations, specialties or private equity partners — the revenue cycle processes built for a single site often start to break down. During a recent Becker’s Healthcare webinar sponsored by NextGen Healthcare, Jerri Ivey, vice…
A Sept. 24 Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis compared TrumpRx prices for 32 brand-name drugs without generic or biosimilar competition with publicly listed prices in 11 peer OECD countries. Here are six findings to know:
More than 1 in 5 older U.S. adults were potentially at risk of a major drug-drug interaction from 2021 to 2023, according to a study published Sept. 24 in JAMA. Researchers analyzed nationally representative data from community-dwelling adults ages 62…
Hospitals and health systems are building out their AI workforces, with openings spanning AI architecture, governance, engineering, product development and legal strategy. Here are 10 AI-focused positions listed on health system career sites as of Sept. 25:
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health has launched Ready Set Sickle, a virtual reality educational game that teaches patients, families and community members about sickle cell disease. The health system’s Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program developed the game with funding from…
The Senate Finance Committee voted Sept. 24 to send two of President Donald Trump’s HHS nominees to the full Senate for confirmation: Chris Klomp for HHS deputy secretary and Ge Bai, PhD, for an HHS assistant secretary post. The same…
Boyd Chappell has been named CFO of Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, Ky., according to a Sept. 24 LinkedIn post. Taylor Regional Hospital is a 90-bed acute care hospital. Mr. Chappell has more than 15 years of healthcare finance experience,…
Operating rooms are managing more complex cases, more vendor trays and growing regulatory demands amid persistent workforce pressures. In that environment, relying on careful clinicians and manual processes alone leaves preventable gaps in surgical safety. During a featured session sponsored…
Confidence in making everyday health decisions fell 14 points in a single year, according to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer. Members have more care options, information and digital tools than ever. That abundance hasn’t made decisions easier. It leaves members…
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