Executive education programs are booming as CEOs and other leaders head back to the classroom to learn how to address challenges like today’s AI landscape, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 22. The global executive education program market is estimated…
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Centene’s headcount has dropped 11.8% between the end of 2025 and the third quarter of 2026, down from 61,100 to 53,900 employees. According to Centene’s Oct. 27 earnings report, severance costs resulting from enterprise optimization and contract exits were $276…
Cancer care is heading into its most disruptive decade. Demand is rising, the oncology workforce can’t keep pace and reimbursement pressure continues to build. At the same time, the therapies reshaping the field are outrunning the systems meant to deliver…
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- Kelley D. Simpson, MBA, Healthcare Leadership — Managing Director, Leader of Oncology Services, Advisory Services, Premier Inc.
- Douglas B. Flora, MD, Executive Medical Director of Oncology Services, President-Elect, Yung Family Cancer Center at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Association of Cancer Care Centers
Walmart expanded its Better Care Services platform Oct. 26 with a healthcare store run on technology from San Francisco-based General Medicine. The expansion gives customers more third-party care options and shows estimated costs up front, all in one catalog. The…
Even with AI governance policies, employee training and technical safeguards in place, hospitals and health systems face limits on how effectively they can prevent staff from sharing patient information with unauthorized AI tools. “No hospital can eliminate this risk entirely.…
Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $19.2 million in restitution and penalties as part of a finalized agreement with federal prosecutors over medically unnecessary procedures performed by a former OB-GYN. The hospital and the U.S.…