In this episode, Dr. Ken Cohen, Chief Medical Officer at Optum Health, discusses new research on Medicare Advantage, social vulnerability, and how full-risk care models can improve quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes. He also shares insights on the infrastructure, technology,…
The Latest
In this episode,Jakob Emerson, Associate News Director, Becker’s Healthcare, examines the growing litigation over Medicare Advantage star ratings and the billions of dollars tied to quality bonuses. He also explores how AI is intensifying the coding and claims battle between…
Emergency medicine physicians per capita vary more than fourfold across the U.S., from 51.32 per 100,000 residents in the District of Columbia to 11.55 in Alabama, according to data from KFF and the U.S. Census Bureau. Becker’s used KFF’s count…
In this episode, Phil DeBruzzi, Principal at Forvis Mazars, and Dr. Ryan Nagy, President and System Chief Operating Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, discuss the forces reshaping pediatric healthcare, from workforce shortages and behavioral health demand to reimbursement pressures and…
The District of Columbia has the highest concentration of general surgeons in the U.S., with 71.79 general surgeons per capita, according to a Becker’s analysis of state-level general surgeon counts from KFF and 2025 U.S. population estimates. Idaho has the…
Jeremy Gray was named president of Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., and Red Bay (Ala.) Hospital, both part of Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s. He will begin the role…
Memorial Hermann Health System plans to shut down its commercial health insurance business. The wind-down affects the Houston-based system’s HMO, PPO, and self-funded products for employers. On its website, the system said it would be difficult to reach the scale…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health said it will close its extended care hospital and lay off 103 employees Sept. 1, according to a July 7 WARN notice obtained by Becker’s. The decision to close the 30-bed, long-term acute care hospital…
The country’s third-largest nonprofit health system, Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, is rebuilding nursing degree programs to close a gap chief nursing officers know all too well: new graduates who tested well in school, but stall at the bedside. Advocate wants…
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health plans to seek state approval to integrate Bristol (Conn.) Hospital and Putnam, Conn.-based Day Kimball Hospital into the UConn Health Community Network, according to a public notice. Following the required public notice period, UConn Health Community…