Here are 22 health systems that have made revenue cycle vice president hires in 2024: 

Many health systems continue to grapple with financial headwinds, leading to significant restructuring of their leadership teams. From consolidations to layoffs, these changes reflect broader challenges facing the hospital industry as organizations aim to align their operating models with financial and operational realities.

According to a Nov. 19 survey by Statista, healthcare leaders identified artificial intelligence as the most exciting technology in the industry.

Here are 21 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody's Investor Services in 2024:

Nationally, 35.7% of physicians plan to leave their jobs in the next two years, but at Sutter Health, the turnover rate is only 2%, the American Medical Association reported.

Cincinnati-based TriHealth has named Todd Anderson as the health system's next CFO. 

A growing number of people are undergoing keratopigmentation, a procedure that involves injecting dye into the cornea to change eye color, but several physicians warn against it, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 17. 

Reactions are pouring in from healthcare groups following the news that President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. While some industry groups have expressed optimism about Mr. Kennedy's appointment, others are voicing concern, surrounding how his views of vaccines may affect public health. 

Private equity firms TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice have completed their $8.9 billion acquisition of R1 RCM. 

Hospice in the Hospital, a collaboration between Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health and Winchester-based Blue Ridge Hospice, has expanded to Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, Va.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is doubling the number of advanced practice providers in its primary care facilities, anticipating a 70% increase in care capacity for each APP added to physician-led teams.

Leaders from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems are expecting less antitrust scrutiny under the incoming Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission. 

Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's older adults, but some hospitals and health systems are opting to end contracts with MA plans over administrative challenges.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is aligning with the United Kingdom's largest charitable hospital to accelerate infrastructure improvements and growth.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Tenet Healthcare plans to launch Commure's ambient AI platform across its physician network.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the future of Medicare's drug price negotiation program, part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is uncertain, Roll Call reported Nov. 15. 

UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary Change Healthcare has restored its clearinghouse services and received $3.2 billion in loan repayments from providers following a February cyberattack.

Grand Junction, Colo.-based Mind Springs Health has signed a management agreement with South Miami, Fla.-based Larkin Health System.

Between 2008 and 2019, the share of cardiologists practicing in a hospital, as opposed to an independent practice, increased from 26% to 63%, according to a study published Nov. 15 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health, has received a $32 million grant — the largest in the hospital's history.