Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

So far in 2026, The Joint Commission has announced a CEO transition plan, launched two outcomes-driven certifications and condensed serious safety event lists.  Here are 15 updates the accrediting body has announced since January, starting with the most recent: 1.…

Health systems are pushing more care into patients’ homes, but some are closing, selling or suspending home-based care programs.  Here are the health systems that have ended, sold or announced plans to exit home-based care programs in 2026, as reported…

Humana and healthcare technology company Athenahealth are expanding electronic prior authorization capabilities, spanning more than 180,000 clinicians in Athenahealth’s network. According to a Nov. 3 news release, more than 6,000 providers processed almost 35,000 electronic prior authorization transactions with Humana…

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and sits at the intersection of several pressures health systems are already managing: an aging patient population, uneven access to screening and a disease that is still most…

When Ballad Health formed in 2018 through the merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, the Johnson City, Tenn.-based system set out to serve a largely rural region with a lower cost structure. In the years since…

The Epic bill most health systems plan for arrives with go-live. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health’s May 30 launch came with $24.5 million in one-time operating expenses through June, tied to equipment, staff and provider training, and a temporary reduction in…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is a 190-hospital, for-profit system that reported $75.6 billion in revenues in 2025. Here are the CFO and assistant CFO leadership changes the system and its affiliates have seen in 2026: 1. Jason Schwan was named CFO of…

States with heavier chronic disease burdens tend to report somewhat lower rates of skipped checkups, according to a Becker’s analysis of three new KFF datasets. Chronic conditions typically require regular physician visits, which likely keeps patients connected to routine care. …