Generation Z is more likely than any other age group to cite their network as the most important factor in career progression, according to a Sept. 2 LinkedIn News post. The research was conducted by Censuswide between July 20 and…
The Latest
One executive has left and another is leaving Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals, a WakeMed spokesperson said in a statement to Becker’s. COO Tom Gough’s last day is next week, while Seth Brody, MD, departed Aug. 21, according to…
In this episode, Shannon Cameron, MBA, MHIIM, CPC, Chief Operating Officer, Anesthesia Financial Solutions, LLC, discusses how AI, automation and advanced analytics are reshaping revenue cycle operations, from denials and prior authorization to reimbursement and payment accuracy. She also shares…
On Aug. 26, the FDA approved daraxonrasib, brand name Rasonque, for adults with advanced pancreatic cancer that has stopped responding to chemotherapy. The approval came three months after a landmark study found the drug extended progression-free survival by a median…
A team from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital was first in the U.S. to implant a pediatric heart valve as part of a continued access study. A six-year-old child received the device — Edwards Lifesciences’…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health named Sanjay Saint, MD, senior vice president of the health system’s internal medicine department. Dr. Saint will also serve as chair of the Department of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore…
Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have formed a joint venture to build and operate a new 84-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Sterling Heights, Mich. The four-story hospital will be built next to Corewell…
Hospitals are seeing more self-pay patients as coverage losses mount across both the ACA and Medicaid markets. In a study published Aug. 31, Epic Research found self-pay visits are increasing across hospital settings as Medicaid enrollment has fallen across the…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System reached a settlement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office that places conditions on its acquisition of Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System. The deal marks an expansion of WVU Health System’s Pennsylvania footprint. It has operated…
Joe Hodges was promoted to chief operations executive of St. Louis-based SSM Health, according to a Sept. 2 news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Hodges most recently served as regional president for Oklahoma and Mid-Missouri, and the new role expands…