Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente recorded an operating income of $711 million (2.1% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2026, down from an operating income of $932 million (2.9% margin) during the same period last year, according to its May…
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Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has completed its acquisition of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.), a Prime spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s May 8. Olympia Fields, a 214-bed hospital, is Prime’s ninth in Illinois and 55th overall. In March 2025, the health…
As the ambient AI market grows more crowded, health systems are demanding more than promising pilots, they need proof. Becker’s Healthcare spoke with Mac Boyter, revenue cycle management and business solutions research director at KLAS Research, and Josh Margulies, vice…
When locum tenens staffing works, it’s invisible. When it doesn’t, everyone feels it — clinical leaders, finance teams, and operations alike. Many organizations have learned that throwing more vendors and more technology at the problem only adds noise. MedicusOne was…
Healthcare continues to face tight margins, patient expectations keep climbing and clinical and operational leaders are being asked to do more with the teams and tools they already have. The organizations making a difference despite these challenges are the ones…
In this episode, Comron Saifi, MD & Neel Patel, MD, Co-Founders of ClinicFlow, share insights into how their AI voice platform is streamlining patient access, automating workflows, and resolving the majority of inbound calls for surgical specialty clinics. They also…
In this episode, Atizazul Mansoor, MD, Chair of the Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC in Central Pennsylvania, and Samir Saba, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, join the podcast to…
In this episode, Matthew Wolthoff, President of Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley, joins the podcast to discuss leading with patient experience in pediatric care. He shares how his team is accommodating rising demand, while advancing Driscoll Children’s mission to…
In this episode, Heather Dunn, MBA, FHFMA, CHFP, EHRC, CRCR, Senior Vice President, Revenue Cycle at Novant Health, shares how her team is redesigning the revenue cycle with a focus on technology, efficiency, and team engagement. She also discusses key…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer and Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health System. He explores the shift to agentic AI, the importance of governance…