As health systems navigate 2026, leaders are balancing near-term performance with longer-term positioning. Shifts in care delivery, workforce dynamics, policy, and competition are reshaping where growth opportunities exist and where new constraints are emerging. We’ve created a set of ready-to-use…
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Like many health systems, Erlanger faced operational challenges that capped surgical growth: 30% of OR block time went unused, non-robotic cases occupied robotic rooms, independent surgeons were taking cases to competitors and scheduling was a manual, cumbersome process. Traditional scheduling…
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Humana’s CenterWell Pharmacy has initiated full operations at its CenterWell Pharmacy mail-order distribution center in Orlando, Fla. The $83 million investment aims to increase prescription delivery capacity in the state, according to a May 27 news release. Humana has substantial…
EMS revenue doesn’t start with a claim. It starts the moment a crew responds to a call. Patient care report narratives, level-of-service determinations and mileage entries all shape whether a claim is strong or vulnerable before it ever reaches a…
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Transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) affects far more patients than most health systems realize — and the data show many are going undiagnosed and unmanaged.1-7 Recent Becker’s Healthcare and Alnylam survey research, with perspectives from more than 100 health system leaders,…
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Member satisfaction with commercial health plans has held nearly flat for a third consecutive year, even as rising premiums and deductibles continue to strain the member-plan relationship, according to J.D. Power’s 2026 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study. J.D. Power…
Cigna’s stop-loss insurance business is on track to complete its margin recovery next year, with the company having implemented “sizable price increases” in 2026 to address elevated costs, incoming CEO and current president and COO Brian Evanko said at the…
Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University, owner of Jefferson Health, recorded an operating loss of $252.6 million (-1.9% operating margin) through the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to an operating loss of $29.3 million (-0.3% margin) during the same period last…
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System, owned by Ardent Health, and Health Care Service Corp.’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico have established a four-year agreement to maintain in-network status. The health system and insurer originally faced a June…
Mark Huth, MD, president and CEO of the Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, a member-owned health plan, will retire in April 2027. A May 26 news release said Dr. Huth will retire after two decades with the cooperative,…
