PatientRightsAdvocate.org sued the American Medical Association on Aug. 13, seeking to void the AMA’s copyright over the CPT code set so the patient advocacy group can republish the codes online for free, according to court documents reviewed by Becker’s. The…
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When President Trump signed the No Surprises Act into law in 2020, the straightforward premise was that patients should not be blindsided by massive emergency care bills from out-of-network physicians they never chose. On that front, the law has largely…
Francis Tezanos joined HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Texas) as CFO in January, bringing a background of more than two decades with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, with the majority spent in IT before transitioning to finance. Eight months into his new…
Health insurers denied between 12% and 18% of standard prior authorization requests across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care and ACA marketplace plans in 2025, with wide variation among the largest payers, according to a KFF analysis published Aug. 13. CMS…
A federal judge has dismissed the Justice Department’s discrimination case against Harvard University that alleged the institution failed to protect students from harassment on campus. The Justice Department sued Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard in March, seeking to force repayment of federal…
Consider the arc. Paper charts gave way to electronic records, and electronic records got rich enough that data stopped being scarce. What did not change is that the work between departments still moves at the speed of someone remembering to…
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Becker’s has reported the following hospital and health system COO moves since July 1, including leaders promoted within their organizations and those appointed to roles at new organizations. Note: This page was created Aug. 11 and will be updated as…
Hospital and health system CIOs across the U.S. have made a flurry of leadership moves, including new appointments, promotions and retirements. Some executives have stepped into expanded roles within their organizations, while others have exited as health systems rethink how…
Heather Strandell has been named COO of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System, effective Sept. 7, according to an Aug. 13 LinkedIn post from the health system. Ms. Strandell, who has more than 30 years of healthcare experience, has been…
The Capability Challenge Healthcare leaders spend enormous energy responding to workforce shortages, financial pressures, regulation, AI, access, patient safety and rising consumer expectations. Each deserves attention. Yet these are not healthcare’s biggest problems — they are manifestations of a deeper…