This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Stephen Parodi, EVP, External Affairs, Communications & Brand, The Permanente Federation & The Permanente Medical Group. He discusses leading through healthcare transformation, expanding value-based care into new markets, leveraging…
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health plans to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls, Idaho. Three things to know: 1. The freestanding hospital will serve patients recovering from stroke and other neurological conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations…
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Northwell Direct, the direct-to-employer healthcare network and benefits arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has launched a healthcare partnership with 32BJ Health Fund, a union health fund serving building service workers and their families, expanding access to care…
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Physician productivity increased in the first quarter of 2026, but so did the cost of sustaining it. Strata’s “Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks” report, drawn from data across more than 135,000 physicians, found that overall work relative value units climbed…
Food insecurity as clinical risk: How health systems are scaling nutrition-integrated access
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For health systems, food insecurity is emerging as a clinical, operational and financial variable that demands a structured response. With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reducing Medicaid eligibility and tightening Supplemental Nutrition Access Program (SNAP) access for millions of…
From Community Health Systems closing a deal that saw it exit Pennsylvania, to Prime Healthcare acquiring its 55th hospital, here are 16 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare completed its acquisition of Franciscan Health…
Todd Conklin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Care New England Health System
In this episode, Todd Conklin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Care New England Health System, joins the podcast to discuss how AI is transforming healthcare operations and decision-making. He shares perspectives on the shift toward more continuous,…
Physician burnout costs hospitals an estimated $500,000 every time it results in a departure, according to industry estimates. Multiply that across a 60,000-person workforce, and culture is not a soft initiative but a balance sheet issue. That’s the premise behind…