‘The Most Significant Change in 20 Years’: Cancer Centers Prepare for Daraxonrasib Demand
U.S. health systems are seeing a surge in demand for daraxonrasib after the FDA issued a May 1 expanded‑access letter. The drug, a KRAS‑G12C inhibitor from Revolution Medicines, showed a 35% response rate and median overall survival of 13.1 months in a 168‑patient trial, extending progression‑free survival to 8.5 months. Cancer centers from Mayo to Stanford are rapidly building workflows, securing pharmacy and research resources, and filing expanded‑access applications to meet patient interest. Leaders warn that access bottlenecks could persist even after formal approval.
A Smooth Handoff From Decision to Dollars: Connecting the Last Mile in Healthcare Payments
Healthcare payments face a hidden bottleneck between payer adjudication and provider cash receipt, causing revenue leakage and cash‑flow volatility. Even with optimized front‑end processes, mismatched remittance data, paper checks, and manual reconciliations stall payments for days. This friction not only...
What OU Health’s Founding CEO Learned Building a New Health System
Richard Lofgren, MD, stepped down as OU Health’s inaugural president and CEO after guiding the newly formed academic health system from a $1.6 billion revenue base and $1.4 billion debt load to nearly $3.6 billion in revenue, 22.3% higher admissions and almost 1 million...
Arkansas Hospital CEO to Step Down After 11 Years for New Role
Matt Troup will leave his role as president and CEO of Conway Regional Health System after more than eleven years, taking an out‑of‑state market president position on July 17. During his tenure, the Arkansas‑based system expanded specialty services, added outpatient...
Coalition for Health AI Unveils Governance Playbook for Systems
The Coalition for Health AI released a governance playbook outlining eight essential elements for health‑system AI oversight, including policy, structure, resources, lifecycle management, risk assessment, data stewardship, third‑party oversight, and education. The guidance aims to translate good intentions into measurable,...
Arkansas System Cuts 86 Jobs, Including Management Roles
Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville announced a strategic restructuring that will eliminate 86 positions, primarily management and administrative support roles. The cuts are intended to streamline operations, reduce redundancies, and improve financial performance amid rising labor, supply costs and...
HCA Texas Hospital Taps COO
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest announced the appointment of Angela Dillon as chief operating officer, effective May 18. Dillon joins from Sunrise Hospital & Children’s in Las Vegas, where she was vice president of operations and co‑ethics compliance officer. She previously served as associate...
Integris Names Chief Hospital Executive
Integris Health appointed Mark Dooley as chief hospital executive of its Ponca City Hospital, effective immediately. Dooley joins from United Surgical Partners International, where he was regional vice president, and previously led hospitals for Community Health Systems and HCA Healthcare....
Novant Health Buys South Carolina Land to Build $25M Medical Hub
Novant Health, headquartered in Winston‑Salem, N.C., completed a $4.34 million purchase of a former automotive site in Hilton Head, S.C., to build a $25.3 million, 25,000‑square‑foot medical hub. The campus will host primary care, physical therapy and urology services, adding 15,000 sq ft of...
6 Healthcare Leaders Named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women List
Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women list highlighted six senior women in healthcare, including two health‑insurance CEOs. The rankings, released May 27, span 100 leaders across 94 companies worldwide and assess size, innovation, influence, trajectory and impact. Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Reshma Kewalramani...
Top-Paying State for 15 Physician Specialties
Becker’s analysis, using May 2025 BLS wage data and cost‑of‑living indices, identifies the highest‑paying states for 15 physician specialties after adjusting for regional price differences. Minnesota emerges as the top‑paying state for four specialties—anesthesiology, dermatology, neurology and radiology—while Missouri, West...
The Country’s Newest Medical Schools: Where They Stand
A wave of new MD and DO programs is reshaping U.S. medical education as the Association of American Medical Colleges warns of an 86,000‑physician shortfall by 2036. Ten schools have opened or received preliminary accreditation, many backed by health systems...
Most CFOs Won’t Say This Out Loud: ‘There Is No Playbook’
Safety‑net hospitals are confronting a perfect storm of rising denial rates, soaring labor costs and looming Medicaid cuts. At the County of Santa Clara Health System, a $4 billion budget could lose roughly $1 billion annually as Medicaid funding dwindles. Deputy CFO...
Mount Sinai Estimates $50M ROI From AI Portfolio
Mount Sinai Health System projects a $50 million bottom‑line impact from its AI portfolio this year, delivering more than a 3‑to‑1 return on investment. The system unified digital and AI governance, creating a “digital AI experience portfolio” that evaluates projects against...
‘Silent’ Ransomware Group Poses as IT Workers, Targeting Healthcare
The Silent Ransom Group, also known as Chatty Spider, has shifted from traditional phishing to posing as IT employees to infiltrate networks. Since spring 2024 the gang contacts staff by phone or email, urging remote‑desktop access or even sending operatives...
From Connection to Coordination: Charting the Next Chapter of Interoperability
Healthcare leaders at a Becker’s Healthcare webinar highlighted that interoperability has moved beyond merely exchanging data to delivering usable, actionable information at the point of care. They warned that fragmented, malformed records cause clinical delays and costly duplicate testing, especially...
AI May Increase Nursing Costs, Workflow Burden: Penn Study
A University of Pennsylvania study warns that artificial‑intelligence tools, while promising reduced paperwork and better patient monitoring, can impose hidden costs on nursing staff. Researchers highlight that AI systems often require extensive training, maintenance, workflow redesign, and continuous oversight, which...
Justice Department Charges 15 for $90M+ in Alleged Healthcare Fraud, Expands Strike Force
The Justice Department indicted 15 individuals in Minnesota for more than $90 million in alleged Medicaid fraud, including the state’s largest autism‑related scheme valued at $46.6 million. The alleged wrongdoing spanned autism services, integrated community supports, individualized home supports, housing stabilization and...
Tennessee Becomes 2nd State to Ban PBMs From Owning Pharmacies
Governor Bill Lee signed the Freedom, Access and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy Act, making Tennessee the second state to bar pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning or operating pharmacies. The legislation survived a $7 million opposition campaign that deployed more than...
Expanded Federal Scrutiny Reshapes How Hospitals Govern Risk, Compliance
Federal enforcement in health care has intensified, targeting medical school admissions, Medicaid payments and gender‑affirming care. Hospital systems are responding by tightening compliance cultures, assigning dedicated officers, and fostering cross‑functional collaboration. Leaders at ProMedica, Bayhealth, UofL Health and Wellstar highlight...
As AI Identifies More At-Risk Patients, Health Systems Face a Capacity Challenge
Healthcare AI is increasingly able to flag at‑risk patients and subtle clinical anomalies, but the surge in alerts is outpacing the capacity of clinicians to act on them. Leaders at Stanford Health Care, Penn Medicine and Jefferson Health warned that...
The Most Underrated Threat in Digital Health
Digital health’s biggest obstacle is not adoption but identity management, warns Ryan Cameron of Children’s Nebraska. AI‑assisted tools can locate software vulnerabilities with an 83% success rate, turning defensive technology into an offensive weapon. Pediatric providers expanding telehealth and remote...
Where RNs Are Most Concentrated: Rankings by State
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2025 data shows that while California and Texas employ the most registered nurses overall, their concentration per 1,000 jobs is relatively low. West Virginia tops the list with 33.4 RNs per 1,000 jobs, and Utah...
NIH Director Testifies on Staff Turnover, Funding Cuts Before Senate Committee: 3 Notes
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee about staffing changes at NIAID and funding challenges. Senators highlighted that eight of the top ten NIAID officials have been reassigned, creating a leadership vacuum amid an Ebola outbreak. An...
20 Trends in Hospital Revenue
Hospitals reported solid revenue gains in Q1 2026, with net operating revenue up 5% and gross operating revenue up 7% year‑over‑year. Outpatient services drove the strongest growth, expanding 8% nationally and outpacing inpatient revenue, which rose only 4%. Regional and...
‘Rural Healthcare Is Under Attack’: California Hospital Turns to Strategic Partnerships to Combat Medicaid Cuts
Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, California is confronting Medicaid reductions by forming an "insourcing" partnership with Ovation Healthcare to streamline revenue‑cycle operations. About 30 employees will transition to the new structure, while the hospital recently laid off eight to...
Justice Department Can Question Former Elevance Exec in Medicare Advantage Fraud Case, Judge Rules
A federal judge granted the Justice Department permission to depose former Elevance Health executive Peter Haytaian for 3.5 hours, rejecting the insurer’s attempt to limit the scope of questioning. The DOJ alleges Elevance, then Anthem, generated over $100 million annually by...
Microsoft Thwarts Healthcare Ransomware Threat
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, in collaboration with Resecurity, dismantled the Fox Tempest malware‑signing‑as‑a‑service operation in May. The service had been used to sign and distribute Rhysida ransomware, which has targeted healthcare providers along with education, government and financial sectors worldwide....
Where PBM Reform Stands Across the US
States nationwide are tightening rules on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), targeting practices like spread pricing, patient steering, and PBM ownership of pharmacies. Arkansas pioneered a ban on PBM‑owned pharmacies, but a federal judge issued an injunction; meanwhile California, Colorado, Illinois,...
CMS to Cap State Medicaid Payments to Save $775B: 7 Things to Know
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule to cap state‑directed Medicaid payments and certain fee‑for‑service rates, aligning them with Medicare benchmarks. The agency estimates the limits will curb Medicaid spending by more than $775 billion over...
‘An Untenable Situation’: Providence to Wind Down Insurance Business
Providence Health Plan announced it will wind down most of its insurance operations starting in 2027, ending a 40‑year run as a regional payer and affecting roughly 440,000 members. The decision follows a $102 million net loss on $2.5 billion revenue in...
Amazon’s Pay for 6 Health Tech Jobs
Amazon is actively hiring six health‑tech professionals, offering senior‑level salaries that top $260,000 for AI engineers and exceed $200,000 for leadership roles. The positions span healthcare AI development, global account management, solutions architecture, pharmacy provider partnerships, and cybersecurity on both...
PeaceHealth, Eugene Emergency Physicians Reach 3-Year Contract
PeaceHealth and Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP) have reached a three‑year staffing agreement for PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend and PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center. The deal ends a legal battle that began when PeaceHealth sought to replace...
Judy Faulkner: Epic Doesn’t Stifle Competition
Epic Systems, the dominant electronic health‑record vendor, is defending its use of non‑compete agreements as essential trade‑secret protection, a stance reiterated by founder‑CEO Judy Faulkner in a live interview. The company recently prevailed in a lawsuit filed by Veeva Systems,...
Anthropic’s Mythos Threatens Healthcare Cybersecurity: 6 Updates
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos preview can autonomously discover and exploit zero‑day vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers, a leap in AI‑driven cybersecurity. Researchers found thousands of previously unknown flaws before the model’s restricted release, and even users with limited training...
HCA Florida Hospital Names CEO
HCA Healthcare appointed Philip Marchesini as CEO and market lead of HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte. Marchesini previously led HCA Florida Northside Hospital and held COO roles at Largo and St. Peterburg facilities. He succeeds Michael Ehrat, who moves...
Emory Launches ED Nurse Residency Program
Emory Decatur Hospital has launched the health system’s first emergency department nurse residency, the inaugural Emergency Nurses Association program in the Atlanta region. The year‑long curriculum blends clinical education, bedside training and mentorship, beginning with a 16‑week orientation that includes...
13 Healthcare Organizations Moving to Epic
Epic solidified its dominance in the U.S. acute‑care EHR market in 2024, capturing 42.3% of hospitals and 54.9% of beds. The KLAS report shows the vendor added a record net gain as ten health systems selected Epic for 108 hospitals,...
Virginia Health System Names New Chief Digital Officer
Centra Health announced Sanjeev Sah as its senior vice president and chief digital and information officer, a role that will steer the Virginia‑based system’s IT and digital transformation. Sah, who posted the news on LinkedIn on May 19, brings experience as...
20 Large Health Systems Growing Bigger
Hospital consolidation is gaining momentum after a brief post‑pandemic pause, with large health systems pursuing cross‑state mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Twenty major systems announced or plan deals this year, ranging from Atrium Health’s combination with WakeMed to Sutter Health’s...
Cone Health Expands with New Employee Health Center
Cone Health announced a partnership with the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina, to open an employee health center serving municipal workers, retirees and their families. The clinic will deliver primary, preventive, and occupational care, including drug testing, screenings, and wellness...
Indiana Gets Federal OK for Hospital Assessment, Medicaid Payment Overhaul
Indiana received federal clearance to revamp its hospital assessment fee and Medicaid payment structure. The state will max assessments at the 6% federal ceiling, tying them to net patient revenue, with proceeds earmarked for the State Directed Payment (SDP) program....
Premier Health CEO to Retire in 2027
Mike Riordan, who became president and CEO of Premier Health in early 2022, announced he will retire in the first quarter of 2027. He committed to a five‑year tenure when he joined the Dayton, Ohio‑based system, which operates five hospitals...
MemorialCare Names Hospital CEO, Chief Medical Officer
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center appointed Gary Purushotham as CEO and Dr. Sapna Mehta, DO, as CMO, establishing a dyad leadership model. Purushotham previously led Detroit Medical Center Sinai‑Grace Hospital for nearly four years. Mehta, a Long Beach hospitalist for...
CRNA Pay by State, Adjusted for Cost of Living
The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) command some of the highest wages in health care, with Alaska leading nominal hourly pay at $149.57. When adjusted for each state’s 2025 cost‑of‑living index, West Virginia rises...
Why Rural Is the Perfect Setting for Innovation: Mayo Clinic Health System CEO
Mayo Clinic Health System’s CEO Dr. Prathibha Varkey argues that rural settings, despite financial strain and staffing shortages, are ideal testbeds for disruptive health‑care innovation. By integrating 16 community hospitals and 50+ clinics into a single network, Mayo has rolled...
3,000 Endeavor Nurses Seek Unionization
Nearly 3,000 nurses at Illinois‑based Endeavor Health are seeking representation by Teamsters Local 743 amid staff shortages and wage reductions. The organizing drive spans four of Endeavor’s nine hospitals, including its legacy facilities in Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park and Skokie....
CoxHealth Changes Service Lines, Leadership Structure
CoxHealth announced a June 1 restructuring that realigns its leadership and operating model to unify the physician enterprise, tighten service‑line coordination, and assign clear accountability. The plan introduces a chief physician executive, a chief clinical officer, and a senior vice...
CMS Taps 30 Healthcare Organizations for Prior Authorization Initiative
CMS launched the Electronic Prior Authorization Acceleration initiative, naming 30 early‑adopter organizations to speed electronic prior‑auth adoption before the 2027 federal rule. Participants include major health systems such as Cleveland Clinic and EHR vendors Epic, Oracle, Athenahealth, and Meditech. The...
Hantavirus Response Spans 2 US Biocontainment Facilities: 6 Updates
The CDC has declared a level‑3 emergency after an Andes hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, prompting U.S. health officials to monitor 18 American passengers. Sixteen are housed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s biocontainment and quarantine units,...