David Strickland has been named regional CIO of Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope. Mr. Strickland previously worked at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente for nearly 20 years, finishing his time there as vice president of product management and virtual care. He…
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Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has greatly expanded the use and capabilities of Epic since launching the EHR 10 years ago. Here are four things to know about St. Luke’s Epic journey, according to a May 5 blog…
For years, prior authorization has remained among the most contentious pressure points between payers and providers, but those tensions may finally be seeing tangible improvement. Over the last year, health insurers have made multiple voluntary commitments to reduce their requirements,…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Athena Minor, Chief Nursing and Clinical Officer, Ohio County Healthcare. She discusses navigating financial uncertainty in a rural critical access hospital, making disciplined decisions about priorities, and strengthening workforce…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Ellen Sexton, Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, Blue Shield of California. She discusses tackling healthcare affordability, scaling virtual care and digital tools like Virtual Blue,…
Healthcare providers and EHR vendors have joined a CMS pledge to streamline the prior authorization process. The agency previously brought the nation’s largest payers together to address the issue, cutting more than 6 million prior authorizations and readying for the…
The evidence against hospital consolidation has been piling up for years, with several studies demonstrating that mergers and acquisitions tend to increase healthcare costs without meaningfully improving quality. The University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor set out to challenge…
CEOs across industries are falling into two groups over artificial intelligence use: those who plan to cut roles or those who will make the workforce do more, The Wall Street Journal reported May 5. Neither group is planning to increase…
In early March, Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health received certificate-of-need approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission to build a $900 million hospital in Memphis, roughly a half mile from the system’s existing Regional Medical Center, which is Tennessee’s oldest…
Brittany Sheehy, PhD, has been named senior vice president and chief of staff Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System. In her new role, Dr. Sheehy works with President and CEO Dan Pickett, she wrote in a May 5 LinkedIn post. “[Albany…