For rural healthcare organizations, access has become the central organizing principle behind nearly every strategic decision. This new operational reality is being shaped by a convergence of pressures. Workforce shortages, rapidly declining independent physician practices, geographic dispersion and aging populations…
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Many health systems are treating climbing denial rates as a documentation problem. They’re not. They’re the output of a deliberate, structural shift in how payers operate—one that has outpaced what any human workflow can sustainably address. Initial claim denial rates…
Romoanetia (Ro) Lofton, DNP, MSN, has been appointed senior vice president and president of NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield, Calif., and VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, Calif. Dr. Lofton brings more than two decades of hospital leadership experience, including in nursing…
BayCare Health System has partnered with robotics startup Rovex to pilot robotic technology aimed at supporting hospital operations and patient transport workflows at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla. The pilot began in April and will assess how Rovex’s robotic…
CMS has lifted the immediate jeopardy status of Hickory, N.C.-based Frye Regional Medical Center — part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare. The hospital was placed under immediate jeopardy Jan. 23. Fyre Regional received immediate jeopardy status after the North…
Lansdowne, Va.-based Inova Loudoun Hospital named Kris Hematti, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer, InsideNova reported April 20. In her role, Ms. Hematti will advance nursing excellence and evidence-based care across the hospital. She joined Inova in 2011 as a nurse…
Students from Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine visited homebound older adults while a clinician supervised virtually, increasing access for these patients. The students launched the first-of-its-kind telehealth program, studying the results from November 2022 to July 2023, according…
Five hospitals in 2026 have either implemented or announced plans to implement a Meditech EHR system. Below is a running list of those organizations, as reported by Becker’s in 2026:
Columbia-based University of Missouri School of Medicine is expanding its Springfield campus into a four-year regional medical school. The campus, established in 2016 as a clinical site for 56 third- and fourth-year students, offers clinical rotations through partnerships with Springfield,…
Min Godwin has been appointed ambulatory CEO of Sutter Health’s Greater Sacramento (Calif.) Division. Ms. Godwin will support 6,500 team members across 110 care centers, she wrote in an April 20 LinkedIn post. She most recently served as ambulatory COO…