Healthcare leaders are under immense pressure to drive efficiency, improve access and reduce costs — yet many are relying on patchwork technology that can’t keep up. Point solutions may solve one problem, but they often create three more. Systems like…
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The revenue cycle has become a strategic lever for health system advancement. However, outdated structures, labor volatility and rising costs are putting pressure on even the most capable in-house teams. For many executives, a shift to end-to-end RCM partnership has…
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Garett Kreitz
Co-President, Med-Metrix
John Zabrowski
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, VHC Health
Victor Zamora
Senior Vice President, Customer Care, Med-Metrix
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is laying off an unspecified number of employees, CBS affiliate WAFB reported Aug. 7. A company spokesperson told Becker’s in a statement that Louisiana Blue is navigating current industry challenges driven by rising…
Hospitals can’t afford to operate at the status quo. Staff are stretched, ORs are underused and inpatient beds stay full because discharges lag. But leaders from Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Cone Health, Northwell Health, UVA Health and Penn Medicine…
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From ambient listening to active assistance, clinical AI is rapidly reshaping care delivery. But documentation burden, burnout and retention challenges persist. Now, a more active wave of AI tools is emerging — ones that assist with drafting, answering clinical questions…
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As major insurers pull back on their Medicare Advantage offerings, health system-owned plans told Becker’s they’re eyeing an opportunity to regain ground ahead of the annual enrollment season. “We’re hopeful that CMS and the current administration are really going to…
CMS has lifted an enrollment sanction imposed on PACE Partners of Northeast Florida, effective Aug. 6. The enrollment suspension came after more than a year of regulatory action following compliance deficiencies identified during audits conducted in 2021, 2022 and 2023.…
Digital fragmentation is stalling care coordination. Clinicians toggle between systems. Pharmacists use different drug references than physicians. Patients receive inconsistent information. And IT leaders are left stitching solutions together — with limited success. A systemic approach to integrating clinical information…
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UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have reached a proposed final agreement with the Justice Department and attorneys general in four states to resolve an antitrust lawsuit that had temporarily halted their proposed $3.3 billion merger. On Aug. 7, the U.S. District…
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are pressing UnitedHealth Group for details of a program that allegedly incentivized nursing homes to avert medically necessary hospital transfers for their residents. The Aug. 6 letter to UnitedHealth Group CEO…
