Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. 5 hospitals seeking CEOs

    Here are five hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.
  2. Why a health system is partnering with OpenAI

    UT Health Houston is partnering with OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, to accelerate innovation and enhance healthcare efficiency.
  3. Baylor Scott & White's plan to eliminate technical debt

    Most health systems have some technical debt from past consolidation on the CIO's radar. While the technical debt might have been relegated to the bottom of their "to-do" lists in the past, too much technical debt could become a liability in the near future.

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  1. Alabama hospital suspends operations, citing staffing shortages

    Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has suspended operations indefinitely amid staffing shortages, with community stakeholders set to meet Sept. 23 to discuss the facility's future. 
  2. How WVU Medicine is cultivating strong revenue cycle leaders

    Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine recently launched a new revenue cycle leadership development program to help address a need for adequate succession planning.
  3. COVID-19 markers continue to fall: 4 updates

    Early and severity indicators of COVID-19 are continuing to wane across the nation, according to the latest CDC data. 
  4. 116 hospitals with the best readmission rates

    New CMS data shows 116 hospitals have unplanned readmission rates below the national average.

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  1. 5 states with highest, lowest MRSA rates

    Hospitals in Alaska have the lowest rate of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the country, CDC data shows. 
  2. Cleveland Clinic finds gaps in men's care

    Nearly 2 out of 5 Gen Z men do not have an established primary care provider, and many said they had either never or were unsure if they'd ever had their blood pressure, cholesterol or BMI checked, a recent Cleveland Clinic survey found.
  3. 4 health systems' thoughts on the 2-midnight rule

    Leaders of the four major publicly traded for-profit health systems were asked about the effects of the expansion of the two-midnight rule during the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference held in early September. 
  4. Maryland to drop Kaiser as Medicaid administrator

    Maryland will drop Kaiser Permanente as a Medicaid managed care organization in 2025.

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  1. House committee delays physician pay talks

    The House Ways and Means Committee has delayed a markup of several healthcare bills due to scheduling conflicts and members disagreeing over legislative language, Axios reported Sept. 19.
  2. Where hospital revenue is growing, declining: 70 statistics

    Hospital revenue was relatively flat from June to July this year, but showed significant gains year over year, according to revenue data from Kaufman Hall's "National Hospital Flash Report" released in September.
  3. 10 fastest-growing C-suite roles

    Organizations in the U.S. are expanding their C-suite with technology- and human-focused executive roles. 
  4. Dignity Health hospital names new CEO

    Steven Foster has been appointed the next president and CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Mercy General Hospital. 
  5. US health system falls short: 6 takeaways from new global report card

    Health system performance in the U.S. is dramatically lower than that of nine other countries in a new assessment from the Commonwealth Fund.
  6. Sentara's bullish strategy to grow the workforce

    Sentara Health is investing heavily in a future where healthcare revolves around collaborative, team-based care. 
  7. 10 best, worst cities for women

    Columbia, Md., is the best city in the U.S. for women and Jackson, Miss., is the worst, according to a new analysis published by WalletHub.
  8. How health systems find AI, cybersecurity talent

    Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are altering the IT staffing equation for health systems, CIOs told Becker's.
  9. Hospital president out after Lifespan trims 20% of executive roles

    Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan has reduced executive positions by 20%, John Fernandez, Lifespan president and CEO, said in a statement shared with Becker's.

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