A leadership lesson from Dolly Parton about human worth, flourishing and the value healthcare creates A while ago, I wrote that healthcare needs more Swifties. That remains true. Taylor Swift has created something healthcare desperately needs: belonging, community and the…
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Americans’ confidence in their healthcare providers remained high, but confidence in the CDC, FDA and National Institutes of Health dropped by about 12 percentage points, a University of Pennsylvania survey found. The Annenberg Science and Public Health survey, conducted by…
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine’s operating margin fell to -3.4% through the first nine months of fiscal 2026, compared with -2.3% during the same period a year earlier, as the health system’s CEO and CFO prepare to step down. Tufts reported…
Hybrid chief nursing officer and COO role are gaining traction in healthcare as systems look to streamline operations and executive teams. While there is no universal approach to C-suite design, some health systems are capitalizing on the natural synergies between…
Gateway Regional Medical Center CEO Joe Ottolino sent a written response Aug. 28 to Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., addressing the congresswoman’s questions about the Granite City, Ill., hospital’s payroll disruption, July 31 ambulance diversion and financial obligations to employees and…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Boston Scientific says it is close to restoring shipping operations, nearly a week after a cybersecurity incident disrupted its global network and affected cardiac monitoring devices. The medical device manufacturer identified the incident Aug. 25, and in an Aug. 30…
Hospitals have posted 88 CEO exits through the first seven months of 2026, up 13% from 78 in the same period last year, according to a report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas published Aug. 31. Six things…
Nearly half of adults who started semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for obesity management discontinued treatment within 12 months, a nationwide cohort study found. Researchers analyzed 157,822 first-time semaglutide users without diabetes in Denmark between Dec. 1, 2022, and Nov. 1, 2024,…
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital sued CVS Health Aug. 20 alleging the company and its subsidiaries diverted about $18 million in 340B drug pricing savings from the hospital between 2020 and 2025. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for…