The healthcare AI roadmap: From modern operations to agentic work Generative AI can already draft and summarize. The next step — agentic AI that carries out multistep work on its own — is reshaping how healthcare runs finance, HR, supply…
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Most health systems treat physician compensation as an administrative function but a handful of systems are proving that assumption wrong. At MaineHealth, Dayton Children’s Hospital and Cayuga Health, trusted compensation and performance information is changing how physicians, compensation teams, operational…
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After enhanced ACA tax credits expired Dec. 31, 2025, marketplace enrollees faced steeper premiums while Congress tried to keep up negotiations. Ultimately, though, states were left scrambling. But New Mexico had already committed to taking action, becoming the only state…
Health systems and physicians largely agree on where digital health should take healthcare. New research shows they often part ways on how to get there. A survey of 100 health system executives and 233 physicians found executives tend to judge…
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Seven U.S. health insurers made Time’s 2026 list of the world’s top 1,000 companies. Time and market research firm Statista compiled the ranking by evaluating employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability transparency. Cigna ranked 2nd overall, jumping up 8 places…
Nearly every vendor serving health plans now claims to offer artificial intelligence for clinical review. Far fewer can show how their tools reason or whether clinicians can trust and validate what the AI produces. For utilization management teams, that gap…
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Independence Blue Cross named Christine Kourouklis as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer and Brian Iaia as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, the company shared Sept. 24. “Christine and Brian bring the leadership and strategic insight we…
Confidence in making everyday health decisions fell 14 points in a single year, according to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer. Members have more care options, information and digital tools than ever. That abundance hasn’t made decisions easier. It leaves members…
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Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross and Regent Surgical have partnered to develop at least 18 ASCs. The three organizations will form a new company to run the centers, which will be located across Penn Medicine’s service area in Pennsylvania, New…
In 2026, Centene’s leadership has turned over at many levels, from state health plan executives to the C-suite. The insurer ended 2025 with a 91.9% medical loss ratio and a $6.7 billion loss. That loss was mainly driven by a…
