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Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is the first U.S. health system to earn The Joint Commission’s Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare certification, the system said July 29. The Joint Commission debuted the voluntary certification June 1 to recognize hospitals…

A new case study from the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms in Washington, D.C., claims private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners and its then-hospital chain Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings extracted hundreds of millions of dollars from…

For Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health, the most significant near-term gains from AI aren’t at the bedside. They’re in the back office. “We’re really exploring what’s possible in the back office. It’s not necessarily something that is exciting for patients,…

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth will transition several IT support services to global IT services provider Tech Mahindra and its U.S.-based healthcare subsidiary, The HCI Group, starting in November, according to a statement shared with Becker’s on July 29.  The health system…

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, plans to step down as chief clinical officer of Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health. Dr. Wadsworth has spent nearly 14 years with the health system, she wrote in a July 29 LinkedIn post. “It is difficult to…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is seeing almost no offset from commercial coverage as patients drop off the ACA exchanges, CFO Steve Filton said on the for-profit system’s July 28 earnings call.  Responding to an analyst question about…

Oroville (Calif.) Hospital reached an agreement July 27 with OroHealth Corp., its debtor-in-possession lender and master trustee, to amend its DIP loan documents and extend the hospital’s post-petition financing, according to a July 27 news release. The hospital sought Chapter…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare recorded total revenue of $20.2 billion in the second quarter of 2026, an 8.7% increase year over year. The for-profit system operates in three geographically organized groups: HCA also operates seven hospitals in England, which are…