Christine Markowitz has been named CFO of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., according to an Aug. 31 news release. In her new role, Ms. Markowitz will oversee the hospital’s financial operations and work with hospital leaders on strategic planning,…
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has finalized its partnership with Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health, creating a 60-hospital nonprofit health system with plans to invest more than $600 million across Minnesota. North Memorial is now part of Sanford Health and…
Here are 19 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026: Broward Health’s credit rating was upgraded to “A2” from “A3” by Moody’s. The upgrade reflects the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based…
Health systems process enormous volumes of protected health information every day, which makes every facility a high-value target. Most IT teams already treat encryption as a baseline defense. Fewer can prove the encryption they rely on actually works as promised.…
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Indiana became the third state in the nation to end hospital diversions due to overcrowding in the emergency department and hospital. “Ending diversion practices was a joint decision among those who work in emergency care,” Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay…
Advance practice provider workforces have grown dramatically in size, complexity and strategic importance. Yet many health systems still manage them through antiquated departmental structures. Typically, these structures lack components crucial to a true enterprise utilization of the APP workforce. Lack…
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Little Rock, Ark.-based CHI St. Vincent, under Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, failed to reach an agreement ahead of their Sept. 1 contracting deadline. CHI St. Vincent — including its four hospitals, 80 medical clinics…
From Ardent Health outlining its revenue cycle playbook to Bon Secours Mercy Health netting nearly $1.1 billion from its ownership stake in Ensemble, here are eight revenue cycle updates that Becker’s reported on in August:
Mark Cuban argues the fundamental problem in U.S. healthcare is not whether the system is run by the public sector or the private sector. It is that hospitals do not know what their own services cost. During an Aug. 18…
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health named Katie Peterson, MD, chief medical officer. In her new role, Dr. Peterson will lead the system’s ongoing work to support quality, safety and medical staff leadership and partner with operational and executive leaders to ensure…