As president and CEO of Children’s National in Washington, D.C., Michelle Riley-Brown has a front-row seat to the federal policy decisions reshaping healthcare. She said those decisions have also made advocacy a larger part of her role, with her spending…
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Another health insurance CEO is taking aim at the No Surprises Act’s arbitration system. “We do support the overall strategic intent of consumer protection from surprise billing. However, we’re seeing some clear abuses of the IDR vehicle in practice,” Cigna…
CMS finalized fiscal 2027 payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and hospices July 30, giving both settings a 2.3% payment increase. Eleven things to know: Inpatient rehabilitation facilities 1. CMS finalized a 2.3% payment increase for IRFs in fiscal 2027,…
Health systems are racing to keep up with their EHR vendor’s quarterly cadence. They should be asking whether that roadmap leads where clinical AI actually needs to go. A recent Becker’s piece on EHR upgrade strategy reads like a dispatch…
Cigna pulled back GLP-1 weight-loss coverage for its own employees July 1. Now it says its clients have been doing the same. On a July 30 earnings call, Cigna President and CEO Brian Evanko said Evernorth Health Services has seen…
John Forester has been named president and CEO of WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, W.Va., effective immediately. Mr. Forester had served as the hospital’s interim president and CEO since March, according to a July 30 health system news…
More than one-third of invasive mold disease cases at four Atlanta hospitals occurred in patients without classic risk factors, according to a CDC surveillance report published July 30. The finding suggests surveillance and clinician suspicion built only around the usual…
The American Hospital Association filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board urging the board to preserve the 1989 Health Care Rule, which establishes eight mandatory types of bargaining units at acute-care hospitals. According to the July 29…
UnitedHealth Group is now the fourth-largest company in the world by revenue, according to the 2026 Fortune Global 500. The list ranks the world’s largest public and private companies by revenue for the 2025 fiscal year. UnitedHealth posted more than…
In this episode, David N. Bernstein, MD, PhD, MBA, MEI, Harvard Orthopaedic Surgeon, shares his perspective on the future of orthopedic care, discussing value-based healthcare, ambulatory surgery centers, AI, and why measuring the outcomes that matter most to patients will…