Hospital M&A is accelerating again, but the activity is not evenly distributed. A handful of states have emerged as particularly active markets in 2026 as large health systems cross state lines, academic medical centers expand, financially pressured hospitals seek partners…
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Grand Junction, Colo.-based Western Healthcare Alliance has hired Ginette Sebenaler as CFO of the rural hospital alliance and its family of companies. Ms. Sebenaler will oversee all financial functions across the organization, according to a Sept. 24 Western Healthcare Alliance…
Residents in at least five states have had medical debt erased in 2026, totaling more than $1 billion. Four states and one Indiana health system worked with Undue Medical Debt. The nonprofit has said it has erased more than $40…
Health systems are testing new ways of improving patient experience by shifting operations to curate experiences. “We recognize that no more than about 20% of patients respond to surveys, so we’re often using those responses to drive change that may…
From replacement hospitals to major cancer centers, health systems nationwide are moving forward on large-scale construction projects to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure and meet rising patient demand in 2026. Here are 20 hospital projects worth $500 million or more that…
Patient access is often the first place health systems apply AI. Scheduling, confirmations, cancellations and reschedules are high-volume, rules-heavy and chronically understaffed — which is why voice agents and other automation tend to land here first. But the gap between…
Nov 12, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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Presenters:
- Caleb Wright, Enterprise Deployment, ElevenLabs
- Peter Saul, Account Executive, ElevenLabs
- Robin L. Lang, DNP, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E, Vice President and CIO, CaroMont Health
- Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Atlantic Health
Nearly 1 in 4 hospital executives say the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies has begun to slow procedure volumes at their facilities, according to a Sept. 23 Evercore ISI survey shared with Becker’s. Evercore ISI is an independent equity research,…
OpenAI made three new tools available to ChatGPT for Healthcare customers among more than 20 announcements at its DevDay 2026 event Sept. 29. The first is Dots, which OpenAI describes as always-on agents that learn what matters to users and…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have received a $20 million gift from Richard “Dick” Levy, PhD, to fund an initiative to shift care from the hospital to patients’ homes. Dr. Levy is a…
More than 300 nurses at 10 SSM Health Dean Medical Group outpatient clinics in Dane County, Wis., have voted to join SEIU Wisconsin. Four things to know: 1. The 340 nurses work in outpatient clinics that provide cancer treatment, urgent…