Peter Pisters, MD, plans to retire Sept. 30 from Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after nine years as president. Jeffrey Lee, MD, was named interim president effective immediately, according to an Aug. 26 news release. Dr.…
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Officials in Aiken, S.C., have charged a woman in connection with shots fired inside Aiken Regional Medical Centers the night of Aug. 25. No one was injured, according to the local police department and hospital. Officers with the Aiken Department…
Heart failure sends more patients back to the hospital within 30 days than almost any other condition, and CMS penalties follow close behind. Kettering Health set out to change that. Its clinical and administrative leaders partnered to redesign heart failure…
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In this episode, Amy Mansue, CEO of Inspira Health, discusses navigating reimbursement pressures, expanding access, leveraging Epic and AI to improve care, and investing in the workforce and community. She also shares how Inspira is preparing for difficult decisions while…
A $150,000 check from Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine doesn’t buy a startup much more than a foot in the door. Getting further — to an actual pilot inside one of the country’s largest academic health systems — requires clearing three specific…
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…