Jeff Prater has been named vice president of rural health for Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health. Prior to his new role, Mr. Prater served as CEO of Gardnerville, Nev.-based Carson Valley Health, according to an April 29 news release. In his…
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An April 2026 lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges two healthcare organizations used ambient AI-based tools to record and transmit audio conversations without prior consent. The class-action complaint, filed as Washington et…
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health took over operations May 1 at Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Titus Regional Medical Center, and renamed it Christus Health – Mount Pleasant Hospital, according to a May 1 release shared with Becker’s. Christus Health was selected as…
Steve Hyde plans to retire as CEO of Paris (Texas) Regional Health, effective June 3. Mr. Hyde has served nearly a decade at the hospital and had a more than 40-year career in healthcare, according to a May 4 hospital…
Pharmacy procurement has never been more complex — and the tools most organizations rely on haven’t kept up. At a featured session during Becker’s Spring Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit, pharmacy leaders and a technology expert examined what it takes to…
Global investment firm Carlyle has acquired a majority stake in revenue cycle management companies Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM. Knack and Equalize are complementary RCM providers serving rural hospitals, physician groups, durable medical equipment providers and other specialty provider segments, according…
Healthcare has long been chasing digital innovation with multiple platforms, targeted tasks and now AI-powered everything. And yet, despite the years and billions spent, health systems are still wrestling with how to work with point solutions — and more troubling,…
In today’s healthcare landscape, we speak often of the transformation of shifting from volume to value, from episodic care to longitudinal outcomes, from fragmentation to coordination. At the same time, we ask leaders to evolve from operators to stewards, from…
As retailers, payers and drugmakers expand access to GLP-1 therapies — with companies like Amazon and Walmart launching weight management programs — the drug class is reshaping both care delivery and pharmaceutical investment strategies. That demand is influencing drug development,…
Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital converted from a critical access hospital to a rural emergency hospital May 1, ending inpatient admissions — including stays longer than 24 hours — while continuing to provide emergency and outpatient care. The transition includes the…