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CMS verbally confirmed its denial of the waiver enabling Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion program, the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me program, leaving more than 200,000 residents in limbo. Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office confirmed the update to Becker’s Aug.…
St. Louis-based Ascension’s transformation journey following the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic has included strategic divestitures, market exits, a $2.66 billion financial turnaround, and its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg in early June. With the deal closure, Ascension has become…
Alex Le has been named senior vice president and COO at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health. Mr. Le most recently served at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, according to an Aug. 3 health system news release. He brings more than…
When the Long Beach, Calif., City Council voted this spring to push e-bikes off city sidewalks, the decisive evidence came not from police crash reports but from a hospital trauma registry. The trauma department at Long Beach Memorial had logged…
In 2025, New Mexico confirmed 100 measles cases across nine of its 33 counties, and each case cost an average $53,522, according to research published Aug. 4 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers with the CDC and New Mexico Department…
More than 100 health systems, pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organizations landed on Forbes‘ 2026 list of America’s Best Employers for Women. The ninth annual ranking, published Aug. 4 and produced by Forbes in partnership with market research firm Statista,…
Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center has named Warren D’Souza, PhD, as its inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer. Dr. D’Souza joined UT Southwestern Medical Center in July, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to Becker’s. In this role, he is responsible…
Health system leaders don’t need another conversation about AI potential. They’ve seen over a hundred demos. They’ve heard the promises. They’ve launched the pilots. The problem is that too many pilots never become production systems, and even if they do,…
Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth has named Patty Allen CFO, according to an Aug. 3 LinkedIn post from the health system. Ms. Allen joins the health system with more than 20 years of healthcare financial leadership experience, according to the post. She…