In this episode, Paul Chausse, Jr., SVP Revenue Cycle and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Tampa General Hospital, discusses how AI agents are reshaping revenue cycle operations, the challenges of the fee for service model, and the leadership skills needed for…
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This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Rob Hitchcock, President and Chief Executive Officer, Select Health. Rob discusses the operational pressures facing payers today, including Medicare Advantage challenges and rising pharmaceutical costs, while sharing…
In this episode, Paul Chausse, Jr., SVP Revenue Cycle and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Tampa General Hospital, discusses how AI agents are reshaping revenue cycle operations, the challenges of the fee for service model, and the leadership skills needed for…
Lee Health, a five-hospital system based in Fort Myers, Fla., recently promoted Nariman Heshmati, MD, to chief clinical officer. Dr. Heshmati joined Lee Health in August 2024 as chief physician and operations executive at the system’s physician group, according to…
Many U.S. hospitals are struggling to keep pace with surgical demand. Fragmented scheduling, manual workflows and limited visibility into block utilization can stretch surgical backlogs into multi-month operational challenges that frustrate surgeons, strain staff and constrain growth. At Pomona Valley…
Drew Hartmann has been named CFO of Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, effective June 1. Mr. Hartmann succeeds Onel Rodriguez, who was named Far West Division CFO of HCA Healthcare in early May. In…
CVS Health has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s recently passed Freedom, Access and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy Act, also known as the Fair Rx Act. The complaint, filed May 22 in the U.S. District Court for…
How Texas Oncology’s San Antonio Region increased infusion volume 16% without adding staff or chairs
Infusion centers are caught between two forces that won’t relent: patient volumes that keep climbing and clinician pipelines that can’t keep pace. For many organizations, the instinct is to hire more nurses or expand physical capacity, but that answer isn’t…
Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, N.H., was facing a negative 16% margin less than a year ago — and Holly McCormack, the hospital’s president and CEO, knew the math wasn’t going to fix itself. Travel staff costs had ballooned into the…
Fremont, Calif., is the best U.S. city to raise a family in 2026, according to a May 26 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To create the ranking, WalletHub compared 182 U.S. cities — including the most populous and at…