Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has spent the past three years building out how it governs AI, and the system’s technology chief said the arrival of agentic AI — tools capable of acting rather than just generating text — is…
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In this episode, Phillip Chang, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at CommonSpirit Health, discusses physician burnout and well-being, the role of AI scribes and documentation tools, and how CommonSpirit supports both employed and independent physicians. He also shares lessons…
In this episode, Phillip Chang, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at CommonSpirit Health, discusses physician burnout and well-being, the role of AI scribes and documentation tools, and how CommonSpirit supports both employed and independent physicians. He also shares lessons…
The University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City health campus will be renamed after a $150 million gift from energy executive Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in the university’s history, according to a Sept. 22 news release shared with Becker’s. The…
Adult medical specialties posted the largest increase in median work relative value unit productivity from 2025 to 2026, the second consecutive year the category has led on productivity growth, according to a survey from SullivanCotter. The Chicago-based consulting firm released…
For any group operating under payer contracts, reimbursement now shifts with every policy change, fee schedule update and contract renewal and revenue can slip before anyone notices.One place that happens quietly is the professional component of clinical pathology. This webinar…
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- Daniel Higgins, MBA, CPB, Director Account Management, Medusind
Vandalia Health celebrated the grand opening of Vandalia Health Mon Harrison Neighborhood Hospital in Bridgeport, W.Va., a $26 million facility expanding emergency and inpatient care in Harrison County. The two-story, roughly 38,000-square-foot hospital will begin seeing patients Sept. 29, according…
As the healthcare industry continues to face financial and policy shifts, hospital bankruptcies show no signs of slowing. Becker’s covered 20 healthcare organization bankruptcies in 2025, up from 15 in 2024, suggesting financial pressures from healthcare workforce shortages, rising operational…
CMS said Sept. 22 that it canceled plan year 2026 ACA policies covering 760,000 people. CMS canceled 315,000 policies covering these individuals Aug. 31. According to federal rulemaking records — set to publish in the Federal Register on Sept. 23…
Complex spine deformity surgery leaves little margin for ambiguity about who says what, and when. The Best Practice Guidelines for the Execution of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Deformity Surgery set out what sound practice looks like. This session brings the…
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- Jason B Anari, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Benjamin B. Bruins, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Alier Franco, PhD, CNIM, Area Clinical Manager, SpecialtyCare