North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner is urging state and federal regulators to closely scrutinize the proposed combination of Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, arguing the deal could reduce competition and raise healthcare costs. The…
The Latest
Mass General Brigham’s AI intake tool gets patients to a physician the same day. Its CFO is fine losing money on a third of its AI spending. And not one executive Becker’s spoke with over two days at the Somerville,…
Health systems are not the only groups pushing back against a CMS proposal to restrict remote patient monitoring. In July, CMS pitched banning Medicare payments for remote patient monitoring services carried out by third-party companies. As proposed, starting Jan. 1,…
The state of Hawaii and Kaiser Permanente will fund the restoration and reopening of Kula Hospital on Maui, which closed after storm damage in March. The project is preliminarily estimated at about $65 million, with the state providing $42 million…
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System received approval from the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board Sept. 22 to purchase 120 acres in Manatee County for nearly $60 million. The land deal is contingent upon the system working with Manatee County…
Oracle unveiled its Oracle Health Oncology EHR at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit in Orlando, Fla. The cancer-specific EHR is built on the company’s AI-powered ambulatory EHR. The system brings together oncology workflows, AI-driven clinical intelligence drawn from…
In this episode, Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, discusses Oracle’s AI focused EHR strategy, trustworthy AI, revenue cycle transformation, oncology and using real time data to modernize healthcare. This episode is…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is spending more on AI than it’s getting back in a straightforward financial sense — and its CFO said that’s by design, not an oversight. Asked whether AI is currently a cost drain, a long-term…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has been given an up to $11.2 million, five-year HHS contract to develop a platform to test and validate new technologies designed to improve ICU patient outcomes. The federal program is called CIRCLE — the Critical…
Paris, Tenn.-based West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital will resume labor and delivery services, with a goal of welcoming the first deliveries in spring 2027. West Tennessee Medical Group has recruited an additional physician to join the women’s health team…