Hospitals are bracing for a cascade of financial pressures as rising insurance costs, Medicaid restrictions and a growing number of uninsured patients threaten to reshape patient behavior and erode margins in the years ahead, according to a new Moody’s Healthcare…
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Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield has named Anthony Brocato as CEO. Mr. Brocato most recently served as interim CFO for the district, where he oversaw strategic growth initiatives and budgetary operations, according to an April 27 Facebook post from…
UVA Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlottesville, Va., has named Dale Alward as CEO. Mr. Alward will oversee all operations at the 60-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital, a joint venture between Charlottesville-based UVA Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health, according to…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Kevin Mahoney, CEO of Penn Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania & Chris Collins, CEO of ECG Management Consultants, discussing how academic health systems can scale while maintaining true…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s Spring 2026 Payer Issues Roundtable features Megan Zakrewsky, VP of Product Strategy, Veradigm, Director of Clinical Solutions. Here, she explores how prospective gap closure, interoperable data exchange, and EHR integrated workflows are helping…
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s has partnered with Penn State University’s SAFE-T system to expand access to sexual assault forensic exams via telehealth. The collaboration enables patients across the system to receive exams 24 hours a day, seven days a week,…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw an operating income of $502.9 million (11.2% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2026, up from $454.8 million (11.1% margin) in the first quarter of 2025, according to an April 27…
CVS Health has named Jacki Monson as its new senior vice president and deputy chief information security officer. Ms. Monson announced the appointment in an April 27 LinkedIn post. Prior to this role, she served as senior vice president, chief…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University at Buffalo have developed an AI tool to assess lung cancer patients’ risk of postoperative complications. The model combines clinical data, CT imaging and large language model-generated explanations to provide…
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan, MD, said the effects of President Donald Trump’s most favored nation drug pricing policy will become more pronounced over the next 18 months, according to an April 28 report from CNBC. The policy, which ties U.S.…