Over 1,000 nurses plan to march Sept. 30 in San Francisco to protest AI company Palantir’s work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. National Nurses United and its affiliate, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing…
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Revenue cycle leaders have historically built expertise through repetition, spending years coding claims, working denials and reconciling charges before advancing into more complex roles. But As AI takes on more of that work, the traditional path to developing that experience…
Multiple health systems will experience leadership transitions on or around Oct. 1 as the fourth quarter of the year begins. Several of the changes stem from previously announced retirements, with successors set to take over in September and October. Others…
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources has promoted Nadieska Morgan to associate vice president of central business office, according to a Sept. 22 post on her LinkedIn page. She takes on her new role after serving as a director of business operations…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and its parent company, Health Care Service Corp., over potential denials and delays of medically necessary care, as well as prior authorization concerns. Mr.…
As hospital margins tighten and consolidation accelerates, the best-positioned health systems are taking a more deliberate view of what they own, where they invest and which capabilities they may be better off accessing through partnerships. That means looking beyond the…
Lexington, Mass., is the best small city in the U.S. to live in, according to a Sept. 29 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To build the ranking, WalletHub compared 1,318 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 across five…
Section 232 tariffs on patented pharmaceutical products and associated pharmaceutical ingredients took effect Sept. 29 for companies not covered by the earlier July 31 implementation date. The tariffs follow a Commerce Department investigation that found U.S. dependence on imported pharmaceuticals…
Jill Graziano, BSN, RN, has joined Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth as president of its Coastal Region, effective Sept. 21, according to a Sept. 29 news release shared with Becker’s. In the role, Ms. Graziano leads strategy and operations across the region,…
Most revenue cycle strategies begin after the patient leaves the room. By then, documentation gaps, missed codes and underdocumented complexity have already made their way into the clinical note. Becker’s Healthcare spoke with Kevin Wang, MD, Chief Medical Officer at…