Bob Cannon, president of St. Louis-based BJC Health’s East Region, plans to retire April 1. Mr. Cannon has spent 26 years with BJC, according to a Sept. 14 health system news release. In that time, he held leadership roles spanning…
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The Trump administration is overhauling federal price transparency rules for payers and self-insured employers, including cutting so-called “ghost rates,” expanding out-of-network price disclosures and requiring executives to vouch for the accuracy of the data. The final rule, released Oct. 5…
CMS is raising concerns about growing costs and payment problems in the federal independent dispute resolution process created by the No Surprises Act. The agency met with every certified independent dispute resolution entity Oct. 1 to talk about possible fixes.…
Phillip Kaufman has been named associate CFO of University of Miami Health System and the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, according to an Oct. 2 post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Kaufman joins University of Miami…
UPMC has launched a new home care program, UPMC Your Care, designed to fill the gaps between traditional care settings and home. “Sometimes our biggest opportunity isn’t inside the hospital or the physician’s office; it’s closing the space between transitions…
Most health systems that build insurance arms aim to generate margin. Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine built Peak Health with a different goal in mind. Peak Health, the system’s provider-sponsored health plan formed in 2023, now covers more than 80,000 lives…
Health systems are spending heavily on AI, but proving what it delivers remains a challenge. Only 4% of systems have scaled AI with measurable outcomes, and 4 in 5 IT leaders struggle to measure AI’s return, according to an April…
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland and Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, are expanding their partnership to improve care, strengthen capacity and increase access in Northeast Ohio. Four things to know: 1. The expanded collaborative builds…
Most of the highest-paying cities for nurses reside on the country’s coastlines, according to an Oct. 2 report from nurse.org. Nurse.org, a news and educational website focused on the nursing profession, used the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for wage…
GE Healthcare announced Oct. 5 a definitive agreement to acquire SOFIE Biosciences, a Positron Emission Tomography radiopharmaceutical company, for $945 million in cash. SOFIE Biosciences manufactures PET radiopharmaceuticals including Flyrcado (flurpiridaz F18 injection), which the FDA approved in 2024 to…