As health systems move beyond an era defined by geographic expansion and scale, CEOs are beginning to rethink a fundamental question: What counts as growth today? Leaders are reframing the answer away from footprint and volume, and toward margin durability,…
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Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health ended 2025 with a milestone Dec. 13 acquisition, adding Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Terre Haute Regional Hospital to its now three-hospital portfolio. Ian Macdonald, who became CFO of Union Health October 2025, said during a…
Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center was designated as a level 1 trauma center by the state. “We extend our sincere appreciation to Governor [Joe] Lombardo for recognizing the need for this important designation and allowing us the ability…
Jersey City, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health has shared plans to withdraw its certificate-of-need application to close Heights University Hospital, also in Jersey City, signaling a potential path forward to restore healthcare services in the community it serves. “Hudson Regional Health…
Marty Bonick, president and CEO of Brentwood-based Ardent Health, saw his total compensation decline by roughly $850,000 in 2025 to about $6.1 million, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ardent went public in July…
A peer-reviewed analysis published in the January 2026 issue of Health Affairs offers a sobering assessment of where healthcare AI is headed. Stanford University authors reviewed 21 AI tools currently deployed across the utilization management landscape, spanning prior authorization, concurrent…
The U.S. may be headed toward a pediatric care crisis as more programs geared to treat children are closing, fewer residents are specializing in pediatrics and lower reimbursements make caring for children a financial burden. While adult hospitals are grappling…
Despite average physician pay rising 3%, seven specialties saw pay cuts in 2026, Medscape’s Physician Compensation report found. Medscape surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties between Sept. 5 and Dec. 17, 2025. “‘A Return to Normalization’: Physician Compensation…
Here are 32 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside named Robyn Barriffe, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer. She will bring an “innovative, mission-drive approach” to the system, according to an April 14 system news release. She has over two decades of nursing leadership…