Rady Children’s Health, based in San Diego and Orange, Calif., has hired Pravene Nath, MD, former chief information and digital officer of Stanford Health Care, as executive vice president and chief innovation and physician executive. Dr. Nath starts Nov. 16…
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Here are 27 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…
Recruitment and retention remain priorities for health system leaders as finances tighten, technology advances and workforce expectations evolve. But the human resources executives Becker’s spoke with said a number of widely held assumptions about healthcare’s workforce challenges do not reflect…
The Chicago-based American Medical Association and eight other physician organizations joined a legal challenge to CMS regulations that could make it harder for individuals with substance use disorders and other serious medical conditions to qualify for an exemption from Medicaid…
Austin-based Ascension Texas has appointed Elise Wyant as chief human resource executive. In her new role, Ms. Wyant will guide workforce planning across the ministry market and work with executive leaders to support clinical and operational goals, according to an…
For several large health systems, the selling phase is ending. In May, Becker’s reported that Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, St. Louis-based Ascension and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were shedding hospitals and putting the proceeds into surgery centers. Five months later,…
NYU Langone Health entered 2026 with a No. 1 ranking from Vizient as the nation’s top academic medical center for quality and safety, and all 13 of its specialties placed in the top 20 by U.S. News & World Report.…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and the North Carolina State Health Plan have signed a multiyear agreement, ending a legal dispute over the system’s affordability program and its placement in the plan’s 2027 provider network. Under the agreement, all remaining Atrium…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reached a tentative agreement in August to resolve all outstanding claims in lawsuits tied to alleged sexual abuse of patients at its New Kent, Va.-based Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, according to…
The FDA has issued draft guidance for developers of personalized genome editing therapies for rare genetic diseases, and CMS said it will expand its Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model beyond sickle cell disease. The FDA’s guidance, “Individualized Human Genome…