Nationwide, hospitals and health systems are accelerating efforts to shift the focus of care delivery from volume to value, with improved patient outcomes seen as a key metric. Achieving that goal requires innovative thinking that reframes care delivery from physician-…
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Multi-disciplinary patient blood management (PBM) programs — which go beyond blood bank projects to manage and preserve a patient’s own blood — can improve health outcomes, reduce the cost of care and produce an attractive financial return. These were among…
In this episode, Jodie Hilliker, Senior Director of EHR Services at Healthrise, shares how RCM leaders can protect cash flow during EHR transitions by prioritizing operational readiness, aligning cross-functional ownership, and proactively addressing workflow and documentation gaps. This episode is…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Trey Sutten, CEO and Co-Founder of Siftwell, Director of Clinical Solutions. Here, he explores how health plans can prepare for HR1 by identifying at risk members, leveraging…
A federal judge has struck down North Dakota’s 340B drug pricing law, ruling it unconstitutional and permanently blocking its enforcement. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor found the law violated both the Supremacy Clause and the Commerce Clause by interfering with…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 30 for its $430 million Alan B. Miller Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The seven-story, 365,000-square-foot facility is set to start treating patients in May 2026,…
A clinical leader at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has drawn attention to the rising cases of rotavirus among children, according to an April 29 CBS News report. Joseph Aracri, DO, system chair of pediatrics for Allegheny Health, told CBS News…
Pharmacy leaders say the future of the profession will not hinge on any single technology or policy change, but on whether the workforce, financial model and care delivery structure evolve fast enough to keep up. During a panel at Becker’s…
Ron Pope has been named CEO of medical billing company Exact Billing Solutions, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. He joins the company from Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, where he served as senior vice president of…
A machine learning model can help forecast patients’ risk for 18 obesity-related complications and guide treatment prioritization, according to a study published April 30 in Nature Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from about 200,000 adults with overweight or obesity to develop…