From replacement hospitals to major cancer centers, health systems nationwide are moving forward on large-scale construction projects to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure and meet rising patient demand in 2026. Here are 18 hospital projects worth $500 million or more that…
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AI moved into the healthcare contact center fast, and the results have been uneven. Some organizations report real gains in efficiency, staff capacity and patient experience. Others never made it past the pilot or applied AI to problems it was…
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Device and drug makers will lose the shortcut they have used to secure supplemental Medicare payments since 2020, under a provision of the fiscal 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule. Beginning with applications for fiscal 2028, every applicant for…
A July 21 Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analysis found 700 rural hospitals are at risk of closing across the U.S. In almost every state, at least some rural hospitals are at risk of closing, with the exception…
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is growing its long-term care options for those on Medicaid in 2027. According to a July 2026 update, the expansion will reach more than 9,000 southeastern Wisconsin members of the state’s Family Care and…
Louisiana has recorded nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus and five deaths in 2026, well above its 10-year average of seven cases and one death a year, the state health department said Aug. 6. All nine patients were hospitalized, and all…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has completed its acquisition of Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga., according to an Aug. 10 health system news release shared with Becker’s. The hospital is now Wellstar Mountain…
After implementing a new diagnostic code, the CDC found monthly proportions of emergency department visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome was 3.7 times higher between October 2025 and May 2026 compared to visits between January 2023 and September 2025. Cannabis hyperemesis…
Timothy Raissian, MD, has been named associate chief medical information officer of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth. Dr. Raissian made the announcement in an Aug. 8 LinkedIn post. “I’m excited to get started. I have a lot to learn, but I’m looking…