My mother is in long-term care. When I show up to work every day, I’m not working from theory. I know what it feels like to trust a facility with someone you love. And after more than 30 years in…
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes accused healthcare data company MultiPlan, rebranded as Claritev, and eight health insurers of a price-fixing scheme. The complaint, filed in state court, alleged MultiPlan — along with Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Elevance Health, Health Care Service Corp., Centene and Molina…
A Vizient survey of 168 hospitals across 39 states found that poor coordination — not bed shortages or staffing constraints — is the primary driver of excess length of stay, challenging the assumptions behind most length-of-stay reduction programs. Just 2%…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System signed a definitive agreement June 2 to acquire Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System, with plans to invest $800 million in the five-hospital system with nearly 7,000 employees, and 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers. The…
When Alejandro Quiroga, MD, describes the more than $1 billion acute care tower Children’s Mercy is building in Kansas City, Mo., he frames it less as an expansion than a necessity. The tower, planned for the system’s flagship Adele Hall…
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Some of the most exceptional care in the country is delivered close to home, in the community hospitals that serve as trusted anchors for neighborhoods, towns and regions across America. Becker’s is proud to release the 2026 edition of its…
California enacted new staffing rules for psychiatric hospitals June 1, establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and financial penalties for facilities that fail to comply. The emergency regulations, issued by the California Department of Public Health, were developed after a San Francisco Chronicle investigation into dysfunction,…
Health systems across the country are well past the pilot stage and deploying AI across clinical, operational and financial functions. Below are 50 examples of health systems using AI in 2026, as covered by Becker’s: Ambient AI and clinical documentation…
Health systems are navigating a moment that resists the old playbooks — with federal budget pressure, AI adoption, workforce strain and shifting reimbursement all intensifying at once. For many executive teams, the response has reached beyond strategy into something more…
At a time when healthcare executives are being asked to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, the 340B Drug Pricing Program is a much-appreciated lifeline. Despite the program being around for over three decades, the need for its…