Pittsburgh-based UPMC has completed its acquisition of Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Health System from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, with ownership transferring Oct. 1. The deal marks UPMC’s first move into the Ohio market. The transaction includes Trinity West and Trinity East in…
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For years, hospitals across the country aimed to be the one-stop shop for all healthcare needs. They owned every part of the care journey, including hospitals, physician practices, imaging centers and labs. The instinct was to build or acquire capabilities…
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Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope plans to lay off 73 employees at its Irwindale, Calif., facility, according to a regulatory notice filed with the state Sept. 23. The layoffs are set to take effect Nov. 24, with most of the…
Ensemble has formed a strategic partnership with Penelope Health to bring real-time payer policy intelligence into its revenue cycle operations. Ensemble will integrate Penelope’s structured, continuously updated payer policy data into its intelligence engine, according to a Sept. 24 news…
Generative and agentic AI are reshaping revenue cycle work faster than most teams can vet. The harder question isn’t whether to adopt, it’s where to invest and how to scale without breaking day-to-day operations. In this discussion, revenue cycle and…
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Burlington-based University of Vermont has received a research and development contract worth up to $38 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to build AI-powered digital twins that help clinicians personalize treatment for critically ill patients. The contract…
The health system chief human resources officer seat is turning over faster in 2026 than it did a year ago, and the job attached to it keeps getting bigger. Becker’s has reported at least 25 hospital and health system CHRO…
At least nine health systems have raised their minimum wages so far in 2026. Most of the new floors fall between $15 and $20 an hour, as systems try to hold on to entry-level and support staff while labor costs…
Recoupments are one of the least-visible threats to an ASCs margin. They surface as offsets and provider-level balance adjustments months, sometimes years, after the money was already counted as collected. For surgery centers running lean billing teams, that timing is…
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