Jackie Hounshell has been named regional CFO of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health, according to a May 26 news release. Ms. Hounshell brings 14 years of experience at Covenant Health to the role. She will oversee financial leadership across Morristown (Tenn.)-Hamblen…
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Minnesota is the top-paying state for four physician specialties when adjusted for cost of living. Becker’s used the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics salary data, released May 15, to determine the hourly pay rate by state and used 2025 cost-of-living…
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A wave of new medical schools has opened or broken ground across the U.S. in the last few years — an expansion driven by a projected physician shortage that the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates could reach 86,000 by…
Hospitals nationwide are grappling with rising denial rates, elevated labor costs and looming Medicaid cuts, but public and safety-net systems face a particularly stark financial reality. At the County of Santa Clara (Calif.) Health System, where 1 in 4 residents…
Mount Sinai Health System is estimating that it will see a $50 million bottom-line impact from its AI portfolio this year, reporting more than a 3-to-1 return on investment as the health system scales the technology across clinical and operational…
The Silent Ransom Group has been posing as IT employees to gain access to organizations’ devices and networks, targeting industries including healthcare, the FBI warned. The threat actors, who have been active since at least 2022 and don’t use encryption,…
Artificial intelligence and automation are critical tools as health systems look to drive improvements in their revenue cycle, but transformation requires more than what technology alone can solve. Paul LePage, vice president of revenue cycle at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis…
Interoperability has been a priority in healthcare for decades, but for many organizations, the journey remains unfinished. In a webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and featuring leaders from across the industry, panelists examined the persistent gaps in data exchange and…
Some AI solutions could create new costs or burdens for nurses even if the tools appear efficient on paper, according to researchers at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania. To successfully attain AI benefits for nurses including reduced paperwork and improved patient…