Mosaic Health, a national primary care venture between Elevance Health and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, has named Doug Wenners as CEO. Mr. Wenners most recently served as CEO of Grouper, a social fitness benefits platform, from July 2023 through…
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DeAnn Thurmer, president of SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Baraboo, SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital and SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital — all in Wisconsin — will retire July 1 after more than 40 years with St. Louis-based SSM Health, according…
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals said it plans to continue pursuing its proposed combination with Atrium Health after receiving an unsolicited partnership proposal from Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health earlier this month. The development underscores the ongoing debate surrounding…
Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Beth Israel Lahey Health, based in Cambridge, Mass., seeks a revenue integrity…
Ebola cases are now nearing 1,000 — up from 750 as of May 22 — and are outpacing prevention operations. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment, the epidemic is outpacing us,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros…
From increased reliance on enterprise platforms to deploying AI and virtual reality, health systems recently launched or deepened several relationships with Big Tech companies. Here are 10 collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month: 1. Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health…
The U.S. primary care gap will persist through 2050, but is projected to shrink, according to an interactive model developed by the McKinsey Health Institute and West Health. Six things to know from McKinsey’s May 19 article: 1. The analysis…
A Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions chairman with six months left, no reelection to protect and considerable authority is one worth watching. Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., finished third in Louisiana’s May 17 Republican Senate primary, ending…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signed a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration, providing liability protection to manufacturers, distributors and healthcare providers involved in the development and use of medical countermeasures against Andes hantavirus. The declaration covers…
Most health systems are still figuring out how to govern AI. Children’s Nebraska in Omaha is already planning for a future where its nurses and physicians build their own apps. Ryan Cameron, executive vice president and chief information and innovation…