Jamie D. Bailey, MBA, CPA, CFE, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, UTMB Health, discusses UTMB’s growth strategy, its expanding focus on AI and opportunities to improve efficiency across healthcare operations. He also shares his approach to empowering teams,…
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Ten health systems are making targeted workforce reductions affecting IT and coding roles as organizations look to streamline operations and manage costs. Here are the health systems and hospitals making these cuts in 2026, as reported by Becker’s: September: Palo…
Health systems have spent the past two years asking whether their AI tools work. A more challenging question is now coming into focus: whether the measures they are using to answer that question are still valuable. Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke, DNP, RN,…
Jeremy Alexander has been named permanent president and CEO of West Burlington, Iowa-based Great River Health. Mr. Alexander succeeds Michael McCoy, MD, who resigned July 23 for personal reasons. Mr. Alexander had been serving in the role on an interim basis…
Milwaukee-based Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital has delayed surgeries after finding unsterilized surgical equipment, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sept. 11. “Nothing is more important to us than the well-being and safety of our patients. We remain committed to the…
Numerous members of the community board for Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., have resigned, CT Mirror reported Sept. 10. The hospital is part of Hartford-based Trinity Health of New England. The community board “serves in an advisory capacity” and…
At Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference on Sept. 14 in Chicago, three revenue cycle leaders discussed what reskilling a finance team looks like once the easy automation wins are gone. Diana Allen, PhD, revenue…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Wendy McClain has been appointed CEO of West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, effective Sept. 7. Ms. McClain first joined the hospital in 2012, expanding her leadership responsibilities across marketing, business development and operations, according to a Sept. 10…
Mike Hoyt has been appointed CEO of Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Mr. Hoyt has served as the hospital COO since 2024 and most recently as interim CEO, according to a Sept. 14 hospital…