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Prior authorization administration consumes an estimated $35 billion a year across U.S. healthcare, and that figure excludes the cost of delays, denials and abandoned treatment. The abandonment is the part that compounds. Seventy-eight percent of physicians say prior authorization leads…
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Health system operating margins are currently being held hostage by a systemic breakdown in post-acute care transitions. Across the country, hospitalists regularly delay discharging complex chronic patients out of fear that releasing them into a rural care desert will all…
Joseph Johnston was named vice president of operations on Aug. 24 for Concord (N.H.) Hospital Health System, according to a news release from the system. Prior to his new role, Mr. Johnston served as vice president of clinical operations at…
Idaho recorded the nation’s highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rate for the 2025-26 school year, with 17.5% of incoming kindergartners claiming an exemption from at least one required vaccine, according to an analysis of CDC data published by KFF. The Idaho…
Phoenix Children’s has promoted Ryan Yeager to senior vice president of corporate finance and Richard Siever to senior vice president and chief legal officer. Mr. Yeager steps into a newly created role after nearly seven years with Phoenix Children’s, where…
Healthcare leaders have spent years focused on physician shortages, but today’s workforce challenges extend beyond recruitment alone. Across the industry, organizations are balancing growing patient volumes, provider turnover, service line expansion, financial pressures, and rising expectations around access to care.…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health reported $395 million in operating income (4.1% operating margin) for the six months ended June 30, down from $494 million (5.4% margin) during the same period in 2025, according to financial documents published Aug. 25. …
Epic’s reach continued to widen in August, with new AI tools, health IT staffing services and interoperability features arriving alongside an FTC antitrust probe and developments in its legal fight over patient data. Here are eight Epic updates Becker’s has…
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health raised hospice consultation rates from 44% to 84% by redesigning its EHR to automatically link hospice consultation orders to comfort measures orders, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study tracked more…