Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health has appointed Meghann Ackley as vice president of system finance. In her new role, Ms. Ackley will oversee Adena’s corporate finance functions, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, accounts payable, payroll and operational…
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Picture a system where at-risk patients are flagged for early intervention, where primary care has the tools to act, and where coordinated, multidisciplinary care is delivered at scale. For most organizations, that picture is blocked by fragmented care and siloed…
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After several years of reshaping its hospital portfolio, St. Louis-based Ascension is back in growth mode, and much of that expansion is unfolding in four key battleground states where multiple health systems are competing to add capacity, expand access and…
In today’s healthcare environment, technology has become central to delivering high-quality patient care. It influences access, financial sustainability, workforce capacity, regulatory compliance and organizational resilience. That reality is becoming even more apparent as federal policymakers increase their focus on both…
Healthcare leaders continue to grapple with an expanding list of threats to the industry’s stability, from workforce shortages and reimbursement pressures to the growing role of artificial intelligence and the erosion of patient trust. Below, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other…
Here are 68 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled…
A medication mix-up that paralyzed a 72-year-old Nashville, Tenn., patient has pulled national pharmacy and anesthesiology groups into renewed scrutiny of whether clinicians should be criminally charged for errors. On Aug. 14, four joint replacement patients at Ascension St. Thomas…
Health systems and hospitals are making significant changes to leadership and educational roles in an attempt to draw more young physicians into the positions — which means confronting aspects of leadership the industry has been overlooking. Last year, Becker’s found…
Sixty-nine percent of U.S. healthcare consumers said they would rather use an urgent care clinic affiliated with their own health system than an independent one, but only 43% have actually done so in the past two years, according to a…
Interventional radiology and neurosurgery saw the greatest jumps in annual compensation among 40 specialties, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June on how…