Leadership

While former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is often credited with saying, “All politics is local,” for Damond Boatwright, CEO of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, the saying matters four times as much when it comes to healthcare.…

After 35 years working in the same children’s health system — including 29 at the helm — Kimberly Chavalas Cripe “can’t wait” to meet her successor. Whenever that might be. Ms. Cripe arrived at Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange…

Much of the innovation in medicine is concentrated in specialty therapies, but the systems that enable patients to access them have not kept pace. Fragmented workflows and disconnected handoffs continue to delay treatment starts and add complexity for care teams.…

A claim comes back paid, the account closes, and the team moves on to the next one. That’s fine, as long as the payment was right. The trouble is that it isn’t always easy to say what a claim should…

Amy Hart, CEO of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., understands as well as anyone in her position that varied perspectives are valuable in leadership — and that it can be lonely at the top. In that vein, she…

Infusion centers across the country are facing more patients, more complex regimens and fewer nurses to treat them. Inova Health System’s adult infusion center in Northern Virginia confronted those pressures after rapid growth and understaffing. By shifting to a “Nurse…

The way health systems are organized is being tested as reimbursement, workforce and technology pressures reshape what it takes to succeed. Leaders are rethinking how their organizations are built, not just what they deliver. Becker’s asked CEOs, CFOs and other…

As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…

Pharmacy leaders face constant pressure to control labor costs. Staffing spend is highly visible, closely scrutinized, and often the first target during budget reviews. When budgets tighten, external staffing rates and contract spend are easy numbers to question. But focusing…

Specialty therapies continue to transform treatment across oncology, diabetes, rare disease, and other complex disease states. From 2020 to 2025, specialty medications accounted for 75% of new drug approvals. However, developing new therapies doesn’t immediately translate into patients receiving them…