St. Louis-based SSM Health is working to bring more specialty care under value-based compensation models over the next two years, as the health system seeks to extend physician accountability for quality metrics beyond traditional primary care-focused arrangements. The system already…
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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and San Antonio-based START Center for Cancer Research opened a $5.7 million early-phase clinical trial facility Dec. 16 at Northwell’s R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center in Lake Success, N.Y. The Northwell-START New York-Long Island center…
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals will open four Rezilient with WakeMed CloudClinics in January through a partnership with hybrid care provider Rezilient Health. The clinics will offer same-day primary and specialty care consults using Rezilient’s telehealth-enabled CloudClinic model, which…
Virtual care use surged during the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to research from Pasadena-based Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Seattle-based University of Washington. “Researchers concluded that virtual care played a critical role in meeting health needs during the…
St. Louis-based Ascension Ventures and Labcorp have invested in a strategic financing round for Cofactor Genomics. The company’s flagship test, OncoPrism, uses machine learning to analyze tumors and predict how they will respond to immunotherapy drugs. “We partner with companies…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health marked its entry into Pennsylvania with the opening of a primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry. The Northwell Health Physicians Partners Primary and Immediate Care Center is a 2,800-square-foot facility, according to…
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center in Salida, Colo., has appointed John Tucker as CEO. Mr. Tucker joined the organization as president on Jan. 2, 2025, according to a Dec. 17 hospital news release. Since then, he has built…
Health systems are increasingly turning to digital patient financial engagement tools to boost revenue capture. Here are the top vendors by overall performance score (out of 100), according to a KLAS Research survey of 111 healthcare organizations published Dec. 17:…
Grayson Taylor has been named CFO of Waco-based Ascension Providence, effective Dec. 21, according to a Dec. 17 Linkedin post. Mr. Taylor has served as interim CFO for Ascension Providence since October, and has been with the hospital since 2016.…
Health system CEOs have seen their roles continue to evolve in 2025, as they navigate transformation, workforce pressure, financial strain and rapid technological change — often all at once. Today, those pressures require a different kind of leadership — one…