Humana has named James “J.P.” Holland as senior vice president and president of Medicaid, effective Aug. 17. In his new role, Mr. Holland will lead the company’s Medicaid business, which currently serves more than 1.6 million members across 11 states.…
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Most oncology programs are built around the clinic visit. But much of what determines a patient’s experience happens outside it — symptoms that worsen at home, caregivers who struggle without guidance, social needs that surface mid-treatment and questions that go…
Sep 22, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Dr. Bobby Green, Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer and President, Thyme Care
- Dr. Brian Dorsey, SVP, Clinical Innovation and Delivery Design, Thyme Care
- Michael Markowicz, Chief Legal Officer, Thyme Care
- Jessa Kelley, Chief of Staff, Thyme Care
Here are nine revenue cycle company mergers and acquisitions that have been announced or completed since March 17: 1. Med-Metrix on July 31 completed its acquisition of Vitalware, a cloud-based revenue integrity and chargemaster management software company, from Health Catalyst.…
AI moved into the healthcare contact center fast, and the results have been uneven. Some organizations report real gains in efficiency, staff capacity and patient experience. Others never made it past the pilot or applied AI to problems it was…
Sep 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Tara Aldridge, Director of Enablement, Vonage
- Aamer Ahmed, MBA, VP & Chief Experience Officer, Tampa General Hospital
- Philip Quick, Chief System Access Operations Officer, UChicago Medicine
- Jesse Dodd, Director of Patient Access, University of Texas Medical Branch
Device and drug makers will lose the shortcut they have used to secure supplemental Medicare payments since 2020, under a provision of the fiscal 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule. Beginning with applications for fiscal 2028, every applicant for…
A July 21 Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analysis found 700 rural hospitals are at risk of closing across the U.S. In almost every state, at least some rural hospitals are at risk of closing, with the exception…
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is growing its long-term care options for those on Medicaid in 2027. According to a July 2026 update, the expansion will reach more than 9,000 southeastern Wisconsin members of the state’s Family Care and…
Louisiana has recorded nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus and five deaths in 2026, well above its 10-year average of seven cases and one death a year, the state health department said Aug. 6. All nine patients were hospitalized, and all…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has completed its acquisition of Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga., according to an Aug. 10 health system news release shared with Becker’s. The hospital is now Wellstar Mountain…