Leadership

Melanie Burgess, vice president of perioperative services and executive director of the Center for Perioperative Medicine at University of Tennessee Medical Center (UT Medical Center), helps oversee surgical operations at a 740-bed Level I trauma center in Knoxville. The organization…

The 340B landscape continues to evolve. Regulatory and operational changes are making program management and administration more complex. Implementation of the IRA Maximum Fair Pricing (MFP) and upcoming HRSA 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program are creating an even more complicated…

HHS has selected four senior leaders for the FDA, including directors for the agency’s drug, biologics and tobacco centers and its first deputy commissioner focused on technology and artificial intelligence. Jared Seehafer was selected as the FDA’s first deputy commissioner…

Beth Cavanaugh, RN, MSN, director of clinical services at The START Center for Cancer Care, leads infusion center and clinic operations across the organization’s San Antonio locations. As patient volume grew, the independent oncology practice faced a familiar question: Did…

For decades, the COO’s job was straightforward: keep the trains running on time. Ask today’s COOs how the role has changed, and a different picture emerges. Operational excellence hasn’t gone away, but it’s no longer the ceiling of the job. …

Ask COOs and other strategic leaders which operational metric matters most right now, and the answers span a wide range: length of stay, patient throughput, transfer acceptance rates, facility utilization, workforce retention, access. But a common thread runs underneath: With…

HHS is planning to create two new FDA deputy commissioner positions focused on technology and drugs, according to an Aug. 25 CNBC report. The technology role would oversee both the FDA’s internal use of AI and its review of AI-enabled…

Just as other healthcare challenges have evolved in the past two decades, so too have those related to security. “The big thing when you’re considering how healthcare security has changed is that it’s moved beyond traditional access control and asset…

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is not struggling for patients. The 18-hospital system serves more than 6 million New Jerseyans each year, post-pandemic utilization has pushed volumes to historic highs and the brand is strong enough that demand routinely outpaces…

In 2024, the Medicare Shared Savings Program had its strongest year on record. Even then, roughly one in four participating ACOs did all the work and came away with nothing. These aren’t organizations that avoided risk — they signed the…