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In this episode, Marie Langley, Chief Executive Officer, Desert Valley Medical Group, discusses expanding specialty and outpatient services, strengthening hospital-physician collaboration and addressing healthcare access needs in the High Desert. She also shares the challenges posed by Medi-Cal uncertainty, physician…
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HHS has selected four senior leaders for the FDA, including directors for the agency’s drug, biologics and tobacco centers and its first deputy commissioner focused on technology and artificial intelligence. Jared Seehafer was selected as the FDA’s first deputy commissioner…
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From Sanford Health acquiring North Memorial Health to Lifepoint Health acquiring eight community hospitals across six states, here are 30 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare sold Dominion Hospital, a behavioral health facility in…
David Price, who most recently served as senior vice president and chief growth officer at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth, was appointed CEO of Arizona Center for Cancer Care in Phoenix. Mr. Price has more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience,…
Brent Smith has been named COO of Oklahoma City-based OU Health, the University of Oklahoma’s academic health system, according to a Sept. 8 news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Smith will join the system in November. He currently serves as…
Health systems do not need more AI pilots. They need a better way to decide which AI opportunities to pursue, how to deploy them, who remains accountable after deployment and whether they create measurable value. That is not simply a…