AI and automation are helping reduce repetitive work for revenue cycle teams, pushing them towards greater capabilities for data literacy and problem solving, four revenue cycle leaders said at Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference.…
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Robert Garrett, CEO of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, plans to retire June 30. Mr. Garrett will continue as CEO while the health system’s board conducts a national search for his successor, according to a Sept. 21 health system news…
Victor Melo has been named COO of Tamarac-based HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital. Prior to his new role, Mr. Melo served as vice president of operations and ethics and compliance officer for Plantation-based HCA Florida Westside Hospital, according to a Sept.…
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed has reached a three-year contract for UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored commercial plans, effective Oct. 15. WakeMed shared the update Sept. 17. The contract will grant members in-network access to hospitals, outpatient clinics and specialty physicians. An archived page from…
Outdated and unsaleable medications account for an estimated 1.5% of the nearly $700 billion annual U.S. pharmacy market, or approximately $10 billion in potentially recoverable revenue for pharmacies, according to a Sept. 21 Health Affairs Forefront commentary. Here are five…
HHS is establishing a departmentwide forecast of its personal protective equipment demand, which the department said is the first official, recurring process to identify, consolidate and publish anticipated agency purchases of PPE covered by the Make PPE in America Act. …
An Ormond Beach (Fla.) Police Department officer was shot at a Daytona Beach, Fla., hospital Sept. 21 while guarding a man who was in police custody. The officer was shot at AdventHealth Daytona Beach (Fla.), according to Sept. 21 news…
A New York state court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two medical practices seeking more than $1.7 million from Elevance Health subsidiaries over unpaid No Surprises Act arbitration awards, ruling that the providers failed to make a viable claim…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health named Christina Oh executive vice president and COO, effective Sept. 28. Ms. Oh currently serves as president of Sutter Health’s Greater San Francisco and East Bay Division, according to a Sept. 21 health system news release.…
China and India together account for 90% of new active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master files submitted for U.S. medicines in 2025, as the U.S. share continues to shrink, according to a Sept. 11 analysis from U.S. Pharmacopeia’s Medicine Supply Map.…