A federal appeals court has ruled that the government’s methodology for calculating the qualifying payment amount within the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is partly unlawful, a decision that could force insurers to recalculate QPAs and raise some benchmark payments.…
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In many parts of rural North Carolina, giving birth means driving farther, waiting longer and arriving sicker. As Erin Fraher, PhD, of the University of North Carolina’s Sheps Center told lawmakers in March, North Carolina does not have a maternity…
St. Louis-based Ascension closed the disparity in severe hospital-acquired pressure injuries between patients with light and dark skin tones to 0% in fiscal 2026, the health system said Aug. 11. The change followed a systemwide push to standardize skin-tone assessment…
Alyssa Chapital, MD, PhD, has been named vice president of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System in Wisconsin, effective Nov. 3, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post. Dr. Chapital will succeed Richard Helmers, MD, who has served as vice…
Opelika-based East Alabama Health will assume management and operational oversight of Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula, Ala., beginning Oct. 1. Four things to know: 1. East Alabama Health will lead day-to-day operations and provide strategic guidance for the hospital to…
Finance skills remain the most sought-after capabilities for interim leaders and experts, according to an Aug. 12 report from executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. The 2026 Skills Index report, shared with Becker’s, analyzed the skills most frequently requested by…
When Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network recruited its chief pharmacy officer, Urshila Shah, PharmD, CEO David Lubarsky, MD, gave her an ambitious task: launch an in-house specialty pharmacy within six months. The health system met that goal. The…
Roughly 70 percent of medical decisions depend on lab results but lab spending remains one of the least scrutinized lines in a health plan’s budget. That blind spot is getting more expensive. Routine testing spend is climbing faster than the…
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UC San Diego Health and West Health have launched the West Health Accelerator at UC San Diego Health, a six-year, $40 million initiative to help build a new model of reliable and coordinated care that can be shared with systems…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and international partners have issued a joint advisory warning healthcare organizations about Gunra, a ransomware-as-a-service group actively targeting the sector. Gunra first emerged in April 2025 as a ransomware variant built from leaked…