As healthcare systems race to modernize the patient experience, one truth has emerged across the industry: excellent digital care is not about the technology itself, but about what it enables. Becker’s asked dozens of healthcare leaders and executives — from…
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Health systems across the U.S. have experienced an uptake in patient demand for the pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib in the weeks since the FDA granted expanded access to the drug through a May 1 “safe to proceed” letter. Demand heightened…
A Smooth Handoff From Decision to Dollars: Connecting the Last Mile in Healthcare Payments
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In most industries, the last mile is where complexity—and cost—quietly accumulate. Healthcare payments are no different. Hospitals and health systems have spent years optimizing front-end workflows like prior authorization and denials management. But one of the most persistent sources of…
Hospital rankings and ratings remain a visible part of healthcare, but some CEOs say their focus is less on the grade itself and more on whether the underlying measures can guide operations, quality improvement, patient experience or financial stability. Becker’s…
When Richard Lofgren, MD, joined Oklahoma City-based OU Health as its inaugural president and CEO in 2022, the health system had recently launched as Oklahoma’s only comprehensive academic health system, bringing together the former OU Medicine hospitals, clinics and physician…
Matt Troup will depart as president and CEO of Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System to accept an out-of-state market president role, effective July 17. Mr. Troup has served as president and CEO since August 2015, according to a May 28…
The Coalition of Health AI has released guidance on AI governance for health systems. The organization, which includes health systems, universities and tech companies, suggests eight critical elements: organizational AI policy, organizational structure, organizational resources, responsible AI lifecycle management, risk…
UnitedHealthcare plans to remove about two-thirds of its prior authorization requirements for patients under 18 by the end of 2026. The insurer said May 29 the cuts will cover diagnostic services, routine surgical procedures, and specialty care across pediatric subspecialties…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Ventures is furthering its investment in digital platform Garner Health, joining a $100 million series E funding round for the care navigation startup. Garner Health uses a proprietary dataset of over 60 billion medical records to…
Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare plans to open its ChristianaCare Hospital, Aston Township, Pa., campus on June 2. A second-floor outpatient health center is expected to open at the facility this fall to offer additional services, according to a May 29 news…