As hospitals and health systems expand AI, technology leaders are encountering costs that extend beyond purchasing and implementing the tools, from unpredictable usage fees to the infrastructure and workforce needed to keep them running. Healthcare executives have told Becker’s that…
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Here are 93 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled…
For hospitals and health systems, the cost of an EHR extends well beyond implementation. Leaders at two health systems told Becker’s their EHR costs keep climbing, but they split on whether that spending should be shielded when budgets tighten. Sinai…
Danville, Ind.-based Hendricks Regional Health promoted Ryan McNeely to chief ambulatory officer, effective Oct. 31. In his new role, Mr. McNeely will oversee ambulatory and outpatient services across the health system, with a focus on expanding access to care and…
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is investing $306 million in a new support services building at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. The 242,608-square-foot, seven-story facility will centralize administrative departments, support functions and clinical departments currently spread across several campus…
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours has acquired a Virginia hospital and orthopedic practice in two separate transactions that closed Nov. 1. Six things to know: 1. Bon Secours acquired Fauquier Health in Warrenton, Va., from Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health. The acquisition…
Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center has named Chad Whelan, MD, as CEO. In his new role, Dr. Whelan will lead Tucson Medical Center and TMC Rincon, also in Tucson, with a focus on clinical operations and patient care, according to a…
A handful of hospitals and health systems are rolling out Oracle Health’s EHR platform in 2026, even as the vendor works to reverse a string of net hospital losses since acquiring Cerner in 2022. Oracle Health held 21.9% of the…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is owed $1 billion by Medicare Advantage plans. About $600 million of it is from this year alone, according to President and CEO Erik Wexler, and he wants Congress to make payers pay faster. Mr. Wexler is…
The third quarter split the four largest publicly traded for-profit hospital operators down the middle. Tenet and HCA signaled stronger expectations for 2026, while Community Health Systems and Universal Health Services tempered theirs. Here’s how each system’s 2026 outlook shifted…