This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Joseph Leach, Market President, Oscar Health. He discusses the growing trust gap in healthcare, how empowering consumers through tools like ICHRA and AI can improve outcomes, and…
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This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Theresa McDonnell, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, Duke University Health System, discussing the shift to integrated virtual care models, team-based nursing, and technology-driven strategies to reduce burnout…
In this episode, Alan Condon, Editor-in-Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, breaks down the rapid expansion of ambulatory surgery centers and how major systems like Tenet are reshaping their strategies around outpatient care. He also explores the growing push toward direct contracting…
Cardiovascular service line leaders are under pressure to do more with less — expand access, reduce diagnostic delays, and improve outcomes while navigating tight budgets and operational complexity. Few people understand this challenge as well as Amanda Maples. After starting…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Dr. Stephen Master, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Innovation, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director, CHOP Center for Diagnostic Innovation, CHOP, Dr. Deborah Boles, PhD, Vice President, Research…
New Albany, Ind.-based Baptist Health Floyd has appointed Eric Loeliger, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Loeliger joined the hospital earlier this month after spending 17 years at Medford, Ore.-based Asante, where he most recently served as senior vice president…
Physician well-being is a critical but often misunderstood metric for hospitals and health systems. To improve well-being, healthcare organizations need an evidence-based roadmap and need the right survey tools to measure burnout. This was a key theme at an executive…
As hospitals strive to expand access and increase capacity, more care — even for higher-acuity patients — is shifting to the post-acute space. As this occurs, patients previously cared for by post-acute providers are being cared for at home, driving…
UnitedHealthcare’s commercial business is planning more prior authorization rollbacks and wants to be seen as a better partner to the health systems it negotiates with, the unit’s CEO and CFO said at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dan Kueter,…
Pat Keel, CFO of Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is leaving the organization for a new opportunity in West Virginia. She served the organization “with distinction for more than a decade, and we are deeply grateful for her…