This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Patrick Stevenson, Vice President, Data and Technology, McLaren Health Plan. Patrick discusses how McLaren Health Plan is leveraging predictive analytics, AI, and proactive care strategies to improve…
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At least four health systems have cut leadership roles in 2026 as financial pressures and realignments push organizations to restructure for long-term sustainability. Becker’s covered two hospital layoffs involving leaders in May and two earlier in the year, compared to…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has launched a partnership with AI platform Lind to improve patient identification and matching for cancer clinical trials. The health system will embed Lind’s platform into its EHR to automatically screen patients for clinical trial eligibility,…
In a lawsuit filed May 25, Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, director of Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence, accused UNMC and Nebraska Medicine of racial discrimination and retaliation. Here are five things to know regarding…
Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health is transitioning its website and social media channels to its parent system, New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health. Northwell merged with the seven-hospital network last May to form a 28-hospital, $22.6 billion organization. “Nuvance Health socials…
In this episode,. Alan Condon, Editor-in-Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, breaks down the latest financial performance and strategic shifts among major nonprofit health systems including CommonSpirit, Ascension, and Trinity Health. He also discusses the growing focus on ambulatory surgery centers, Providence’s…
Since January 2025, between 1.5 million and 1.8 million children have been dropped from Medicaid programs even though HR 1 policies are months away from full implementation, according to researchers at Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University. The university’s Center for Children…
HCA Healthcare has agreed to acquire The College of Health Care Professions, a Houston-based allied healthcare training provider that enrolls more than 8,000 students annually across 10 Texas campuses and online. The Nashville-based health system announced the deal May 27…
Cleveland Clinic has become the national leader in organ donor registration via MyChart after Epic launched the new feature a year ago. Here are six things to know from a May 27 Epic news release: 1. Cleveland Clinic has had…
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark. — founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton — has appointed Jacquelyn Paykel, MD, as assistant dean of whole-health education. Dr. Paykel is a board-certified OB-GYN and a leader in women’s…