In this episode, Dr. Manish Sapra, System Vice President of Behavioral Health and Collaborative Service Lines for CommonSpirit Health, discusses strategies to expand access to behavioral healthcare, strengthen integrated care models, and address growing mental health needs through innovation and…
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Health systems are facing increasing pressure to manage costs, ensure supply availability, optimize contracts and improve operational effectiveness. For many organizations, particularly those without the scale or internal expertise, capturing meaningful savings and supporting overall financial health while maintaining physician…
In this episode, Dan LaVallee, Associate Vice President of Community Engagement at UPMC Health Plan, and Dr. Brandy Hershberger, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Academic Affairs at UPMC, discuss how innovative apprenticeship programs, workforce partnerships, and community engagement…
Since Medicare established reimbursement for remote patient monitoring (RPM), the program has helped clinicians extend care beyond the clinic, monitoring and supporting patients between office visits with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing time to goal. The fee-for-service framework…
The four largest publicly traded hospital operators reported second-quarter 2026 results within days of each other in late July, and each revised its full-year guidance in a different direction: Tenet Healthcare raised its outlook, HCA Healthcare and UHS trimmed theirs…
Attending physicians across the University of California system are moving to form a union with SEIU Doctors United, in what the union describes as the largest unionization effort of attending physicians in the United States. According to a July 20…
With more than 700 rural hospitals at risk of closing and financial pressures hitting institutions of every type, hospital CEOs are deciding how to adapt. A Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analysis found roughly a third of all…
CMS says its “Medicaid Fraud War Room” has identified 50 high-risk providers tied to more than $203 million in Medicaid payments in its first 88 days. In a July 28 news release, CMS characterized the payments as “potentially improper,” and…
Leadership turnover has become one of the few constants in healthcare, as executives change roles amid consolidation, retirements and mounting operational pressure. The risk isn’t only the vacancy itself but what can leave with it — institutional knowledge, hard-won relationships…
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health is notifying patients after a file containing limited protected health information was inadvertently uploaded to an external artificial intelligence platform. The incident occurred May 25, during an Institutional Review Board-approved research study at the health…