Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health plans to lay off about 150 workers — about 1% of its workforce — as part of a “strategic restructuring” amid widespread financial pressures, including federal funding cuts and changes to insurance reimbursement. Affected roles include…
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Parts of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Colorado and Texas markets are back in network for Humana Medicare Advantage members under a national, three-year agreement, according to a March 23 news release. The agreement, which is the product of nearly one year…
With healthcare pressures arriving faster than many health systems can respond, a strong CEO and CFO partnership has never been more important. At York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health, Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN, president and CEO, and Laura Buczkowski, executive vice president…
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has named Danielle Buchanan as vice president and chief communications officer. Ms. Buchanan most recently served as senior marketing director for diagnostic services at Quest Diagnostics, according to a March 23 LinkedIn post from the health…
Sepsis was present in 17.8% of nearly 4 million pediatric hospital deaths between 2016 and 2023, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA. Researchers from academic institutions across the U.S. analyzed data from 3,925,809 pediatric hospitalizations across 245…
In this episode, Robin Roberts, Director of Health IT Regulatory Affairs, PointClickCare & Novella Thompson, Hospital Administrator, Population Health, UVA Health, explore how health systems are transforming care coordination from hospital to post-acute settings through interoperability, real-time data, and AI.…
While Pennsylvania’s healthcare challenges are widespread, they hit rural communities hardest, Terry Gilliland, MD, president and CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, wrote in a March 19 commentary piece published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Limited access to care, workforce shortages and…
Eugene Emergency Physicians, an Oregon-based emergency medicine group with about 41 providers in Lane County, is suing to block Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth’s planned partnership with ApolloMD, an Atlanta-based national physician staffing company, according to court documents shared with Becker’s. The…
Ten health systems participating in a national research network have integrated polygenic risk results into their EHRs, enabling more than 70% of high-risk patients to receive direct outreach. The project, part of the eMERGE Genomic Risk Assessment Network, involved nearly…
Mass General Brigham took its academic medical centers from the bottom quartile in the nation on mortality to the top five with two changes. “There’s been an increasing disconnect between the front line and hospital administration,” Rachel Sisodia, MD, chief…