The leaders of the 20 hospitals recognized on U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 Best Hospitals Honor Roll include those who stepped into their roles in 2026 as well as longtime leaders. More than half of the leaders also have…
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Emily Chase, PhD, RN, will become the first president of UChicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago on Sept. 8. The presidency is the first in Comer Children’s history, created as UChicago Medicine expands pediatric specialty services and maternal care…
A bipartisan Senate funding measure unveiled Aug. 2, which would temporarily block a Trump administration rule allowing political appointees final say over federal research grants, advanced with a 89-4 vote Aug. 3, according to The Hill. The Senate’s monthlong recess…
ACA insurers are pitching a median rate increase of 15% for 2027, the second year in a row of double-digit premium hikes, according to a July 8 Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis that was updated Aug. 3. The tracker reviewed…
Sunny Eappen, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Assort Health, an AI agent platform for the patient journey. In this newly created role for the company, Dr. Eappen will be responsible for bringing clinical and operational expertise to…
CMS will require hospitals to report performance on a patient malnutrition measure starting in 2028 under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The agency finalized the measure as part of its fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule…
As employers scale back coverage for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, major retailers and pharmacy chains are expanding direct-to-consumer prescription programs to capture patients shifting to cash-pay options. Walmart, Costco, Amazon and CVS are investing in programs that combine GLP-1 prescriptions with…
Eli Lilly has built a formal expanded access program for retatrutide, its experimental obesity drug, following weeks of physician inquiries about securing the same early access previously granted to a single patient. “For a limited number of patients who meet…
Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Adventist HealthCare, based in Gaithersburg, Md., seeks a vice president of revenue…
David Arnold has been named senior vice president and chief AI and data officer at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health. Mr. Arnold made the announcement in a Aug. 4 LinkedIn post. “I spent 8 years at HMH earlier in my…