AI was front and center during recent earnings calls for UnitedHealth Group and Elevance Health, as leaders discussed their companies’ respective $1.5 billion and $1 billion tech investments. Both organizations, along with Centene, made Fortune‘s top companies for AI adoption in 2025, as well. Payers…
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The American Hospital Association is pointing health systems to a federal advisory warning that Chinese hackers are employing the “covert networks” of compromised devices to prepare for and carry out cyberattacks. “For hospitals, this is particularly relevant,” said John Riggi,…
Recent college graduates are entering one of the toughest entry-level job markets in years, as hiring slows and concerns mount that artificial intelligence could reshape early career roles, The New York Times reported April 28. Junior-level job postings on Indeed…
While the CMS waiver to provide acute hospital care at home has existed since 2020, the majority of hospitals and health systems still don’t have a program. Here are four ways to increase adoption, according to Austin Kilaru, MD, a…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Keith Elgart, Chief Executive Officer, Concierge Choice Physicians and Timothy P. Seibert, MPH Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Director — Primary Care Initiative, Weill Cornell Medicine. They discuss how…
Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health has eliminated 15,000 excess hospital days after building AI tools with Microsoft. Here are three things to know from an April 7 Microsoft news release: 1. The five-hospital system created Power BI dashboards and Copilot summaries…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services ramped up AI investment in 2025 by scaling solutions across its revenue cycle operations as part of a broader enterprisewide AI strategy to drive efficiency and improve patient care. “During 2025, we focused…
Houston Methodist was recently ranked the most innovative health system in America by Fortune, in part for having an “innovation culture.” But what does that look like in practice? “We see our 35,000 employees as 35,000 innovators, empowered to raise…
Health systems are reassigning duties and reallocating personnel because of AI and automation — or at least having conversations with employees that it’s coming, CIOs and digital leaders told Becker’s. AI has already started to replace some healthcare jobs and…
Jessica Marin has been appointed COO of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Ms. Marin most recently served as COO of HCA Healthcare’s Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., since December 2022,…