Here are three hospitals and health systems that have outsourced finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions in 2025: 1. Stamford (Conn.) Health struck a revenue cycle management agreement with Ensemble Health Partners on March 11. Ensemble will support the…
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Hospice nurses in Wyoming and California spent the longest time with patients during weekend visits between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, according to CMS data published Feb. 18. CMS collects skilled nursing visit data, submitted directly by hospice…
[New York City, NY], March 9, 2026 – R1, the leader in healthcare revenue management, and Heidi, the leading AI-powered care partner, today announced a strategic partnership. Together, R1 and Heidi will combine clinician focused documentation workflow with revenue management…
Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center named Hatem Mourad, MD, chief medical officer. He replaces Keith Everett, MD, who retired Feb. 28, according to a March 11 hospital news release from Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Healthcare, which operates the…
Bill Bryant, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Colfax, Wash., effective March 1. He succeeds Hank Hanigan, who retired Feb. 28 after serving as CEO since 2014. Mr. Bryant joined the organization as chief…
Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi has signed a letter of intent to purchase the land and improvements associated with the former Rock Regional Hospital in Derby, Kan. The proposed acquisition reflects Via Christi’s intent to restore inpatient services at the…
Two leaders at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University are stepping down amid systemwide changes following a gynecologist’s sexual abuse of patients, according to a letter from Columbia’s office of the president. Mary D’Alton, MD, is stepping down as chair of the…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s application March 10 to expand its intensive care unit capacity, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. The $96 million project would convert former physician…
Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Vicky Asencio executive director of revenue cycle, according to a March 10 post on her LinkedIn page. In her new role, Ms. Asencio leads initiatives to improve A/R aging, coding accuracy, denial prevention and…
Alireza “Shami” Shamshirsaz, MD, was named director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center, a clinical partnership between Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shamshirsaz, a maternal-fetal medicine…