The pressure on hospital finances has long been visible in the margins. But the executives navigating it today are increasingly clear eyed about the reality of healthcare economics today: the old model of filling beds and billing payers is no…
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After a yearlong, unexplained hiatus for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which provides clinical preventive health recommendations to Congress every year, HHS is seeking new task force members. During a dayslong gamut of multiple Congressional committee hearings, HHS Secretary…
Keck Medicine of USC, based in Los Angeles, and Tempus AI are collaborating to advance AI-driven precision medicine across USC’s clinical network. The collaboration is designed to transform care delivery across more than 1.5 million annual patient visits to the…
Marshall, Mo.-based Fitzgibbon Hospital has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the independent rural hospital pursues a potential sale of the facility. The hospital said it has faced increasing financial pressures, including rising operating costs, workforce shortages and…
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, appointed Angela Green, BSN, to the newly created chief nursing officer and chief operating officer role, the hospital said in an April 21 Facebook post. Ms. Green brings more than 15 years…
St. Louis-based Ascension has backed new federal legislation to improve the Medicare Advantage program and reduce barriers to senior care. The system endorsed the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act, or H.R. 8375, which seeks to address ongoing concerns about delays, denials…
In this episode, John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, FACP, FACHE – Chief Medical Officer, Government Employees Health Association, Inc., shares leadership lessons from his career in medicine, the military, and managed care. He also discusses expanding access through digital care,…
In this episode, Aaron Lewis, President and CFO, Lifepoint Health, shares how the organization is scaling through acquisitions, navigating financial and payer pressures, and leading transformational change to strengthen operations and expand care in underserved communities. Learn more about relentlessly…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is pointing to two converging forces behind a broad volume decline in the first quarter: aggressive insurer prior authorization denials and macroeconomic anxiety keeping patients out of the hospital. Same-store inpatient admissions declined 1.3% year…
Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., has partnered with Maitri Health Care, an independent OB-GYN practice based in South Burlington, Vt., to maintain local obstetric and gynecologic services, according to a hospital news release published April 21 by the…