Washington Permanente Medical Group, part of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, named Taejoon Ahn, MD, as its CEO and executive medical director. Dr. Ahn stepped into the role Sept. 30. He most recently served as president of John Muir Medical Group…
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The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to address cybersecurity gaps involving AI vendors and other third parties that handle patient information, warning that hospitals cannot defend against threats across the healthcare sector alone. In a Sept. 30 statement submitted…
Tallahassee-based Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare have finalized core agreements that set the long-term framework for FSU Health, the university’s integrated academic health system for North Florida. The agreements include lease and operating agreements and other definitive legal…
Alison Smith, PhD, spent more than 20 years in HR at Publix Super Markets, a company known nationally for its customer service. Since June 2024, she has applied that background to a different kind of customer relationship as chief human…
Fairfield, Calif.-based Northbay Health launched an internal medicine residency program. It is the health system’s first residency and the cornerstone of its graduate medical education enterprise, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. The inaugural class of 10 residents…
Carrollton, TX, September 29, 2026 – L&K Spine Inc. announced a major early milestone for BluEX-C. Surgeons have successfully treated 50 cervical levels using BluEX-C Cervical Expandable Cage during the limited release. This milestone reflects growing surgeon engagement with BluEX-C…
San Diego-based Scripps Health named Mark Sturdevant, MD, program director and division head of the Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation, according to a Sept. 20 news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Sturdevant succeeds Christopher Marsh, MD, who is…
President Donald Trump’s plan to rescind $810 million in federal funds does not permit the administration to withhold the money beyond fiscal 2026, according to the Government Accountability Office. In a Sept. 29 letter to congressional leaders, GAO General Counsel…
Here are the 19 CFO moves that Becker’s has reported on in September: 1. Lori Peck has been appointed senior vice president and CFO of Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health. 2. Sergio Melgar, CFO of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health will…
As health systems look for ways to expand access without adding proportional labor and infrastructure, COOs and strategic leaders say the next year’s biggest partnership opportunities will center on workforce, post-acute care and technology. Several point to joint ventures that…