As health systems race to adopt new AI capabilities, Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health has found that one of the best ways to prepare its EHR for innovation is to avoid unnecessary customization. The health system’s approach is to…
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Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System has named Rachel Tignor vice president and chief managed care officer. Ms. Tignor has served in senior leadership roles of increasing responsibility at the health system over the past five years and most recently served…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has opened its second Pennsylvania location with a new primary and immediate care center in Hawley. Three notes: 1. The 2,750-square-foot Northwell Health Physician Partners Primary and Immediate Care at Hawley follows the health…
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center, an independent, nonprofit health system, broke ground June 24 on its second hospital, the “Jupiter Medical Center Neighborhood Hospital at The Health Park at Avenir.” The 53,000-square-foot facility will comprise 29 inpatient beds, four operating rooms,…
CMS is proposing to create a new payment pathway for algorithm-driven diagnostic software, including AI tools, as part of its 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgery Center proposed rule, issued July 2. The proposal marks CMS’ first…
Mark Borden, MD, resigned from the board of commissioners for Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth, effective June 25, making him the third board member to step down in 2026. The board is in the process of filling the vacancy, a hospital spokesperson…
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closure, operating under sustained financial pressure from Medicaid cuts, reimbursement gaps and a workforce market that increasingly tilts toward larger systems. For the executives running small community hospitals, financial survival has become…
Andrew Wilson was appointed CEO of Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas, part of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services. Mr. Wilson joins Texoma Medical Center from Doctors Hospital of Laredo (Texas), another UHS facility, where he served as…
Cleveland-based Cleveland Clinic is expanding its Saturday surgery program, adding weekend operating room availability for elective eye and orthopedic procedures at additional locations across Northeast Ohio. Six things to know: 1. Beginning this month, Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute on…
Before health systems consider allowing a third party to service their ambulatory lab testing, they need to fully understand how fee-for-service lab volumes influence the financial health of the organization. ARUP has released a new white paper, “Retain Control, Retain…