Medtronic Reports IT Breach
Medtronic disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed data in certain corporate IT systems, but the company said there was no impact on its products, patient safety, manufacturing, distribution, or financial reporting. It activated incident response protocols, limited internal access, and emphasized that its corporate networks are separate from hospital customer networks. Medtronic also noted that the breach does not affect its ability to meet patient needs and does not anticipate a material impact on the business. The statement was released on April 24 following the discovery of the intrusion.
WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital Launches Breast Milk Donation Site
WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital in Morgantown has partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank to operate a donor breast‑milk depot. The site allows screened donors to drop off milk, which is stored in the Little Mountaineer Pharmacy before being...
Viewpoint: Is AI Actually Improving Care Outcomes?
A recent correspondence in Nature Medicine argues that healthcare AI’s clinical benefits remain largely unproven. While many studies showcase algorithmic accuracy on retrospective data, they rarely assess real‑world patient outcomes. The authors, Jenna Wiens and Anna Goldenberg, call for randomized trials, prospective...
Building End-to-End, Intelligent Patient Flow at Scale
Health systems are turning to an integrated, AI‑driven operating model to streamline patient flow from admission to discharge. By unifying capacity management, admission planning, care progression, staff scheduling and discharge coordination, hospitals can anticipate bottlenecks and act proactively. Early adopters...
Beth Israel Lahey Health Names Network President
Boston‑based Beth Israel Lahey Health announced Sue Chapman Moss as president of its Performance Network. In the role, Moss will steer the clinically integrated network of physicians, clinicians and hospitals. She joins from Bayada Home Health Care, where she oversaw payer...
UVM Health Lays Off Staff at New York Hospitals
University of Vermont Health eliminated nine positions on April 14 at two New York hospitals—two at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone and seven at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh. The layoffs are part of a broader effort to...
BMC South Workers Rescind Strike Notice
More than 475 registered nurses and healthcare workers at BMC South in Brockton rescinded a three‑day strike notice originally set for April 30 after progress was made in contract talks. The Massachusetts Nurses Association said the union will hold off on...
Cottage Health Formalizes Innovation with New Leadership Role
Cottage Health in Santa Barbara has created its first chief innovation officer role, appointing Dr. Ryan Kelly to lead the Compton Center for Medical Excellence and Innovation. The new office will formalize idea intake, evaluation and decision‑making processes, aiming for...
UnitedHealth Completes Sale of UK Business to TPG
TPG has completed the acquisition of Optum UK, UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary that owns EMIS Group, the software platform powering most NHS electronic patient records. The transaction, closed on March 13, was valued between £1.2 billion and £1.4 billion (approximately $1.5‑$1.8 billion). UnitedHealth reported $400 million...
Why Cardiac Monitoring Belongs at the Foundation of Your Service Line Strategy: A Conversation with Amanda Maples, RN, BSN, MHA
Amanda Maples, senior manager of customer experience at iRhythm, explains how continuous cardiac monitoring can serve as a foundational tool for cardiovascular service lines. She highlights the technology’s role in shortening diagnostic timelines, especially for women’s heart disease and frequent‑flyer arrhythmia...
Journey to Joy: Leveraging National Burnout Data — Executive Insights and Innovations From Leading Health Systems
Physician well‑being is emerging as a core quality metric, prompting health systems to replace generic engagement surveys with targeted burnout assessments. The American Medical Association highlighted its Organizational Biopsy® tool, now deployed by over 130 organizations, which tracks EHR burden,...
Increasing Home Care Capabilities to Decrease Hospitalizations
Hospitals are shifting more high‑acuity patients to the post‑acute and home‑care setting to expand capacity. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, leaders from Tampa General, PocketRN and Homewatch CareGivers highlighted how home care, family support and technology can prevent readmissions. Tampa...
‘We Want to Be Known as Your Best Partner’: UnitedHealthcare Leaders Talk Provider Tensions, Prior Auth Cuts
UnitedHealthcare's commercial unit announced further cuts to prior authorization requirements, building on a 20% reduction already achieved and targeting an additional 30% as part of its CMS‑aligned commitment. The company highlighted a 40% increase in gold‑carded provider groups, noting that...
St. Jude CFO to Step Down for West Virginia Role
Pat Keel, the chief financial officer of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, announced she will leave the Memphis‑based nonprofit after more than a decade to assume a new executive position in West Virginia. Keel joined St. Jude in February 2016...
Providence Launches 12 Epic AI Tools
Providence, a 51‑hospital system, upgraded its Epic electronic health record in April and launched 12 AI‑driven tools across inpatient, ambulatory and revenue‑cycle workflows. The suite includes an AI Text Assistant that converts clinical notes into patient‑friendly language, Inpatient Insights that...
HCA Still Expects up to $900M Hit From ACA Headwinds
HCA Healthcare reaffirmed its 2026 outlook, still expecting a $600 million‑$900 million EBITDA headwind from changes to the ACA exchange, including the loss of enhanced subsidies. The first‑quarter results showed a $150 million EBITDA drag as exchange‑related admissions fell roughly 15% year‑over‑year, while...
Eliminating Patient Hold Times: Catholic Health’s Rapid Deployment of Voice AI
Catholic Health tackled low MyChart adoption and costly call‑center inefficiencies by deploying Notable’s voice AI in its Help Desk. The AI agents lifted call containment from a 30% target to 64%, cutting monthly call costs by $60,000 and projecting $360,000...
Brooks-TLC Workers Ratify Contract Extension
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Brooks‑TLC Hospital System ratified a one‑year contract extension covering more than 160 employees. The agreement, effective until April 30, 2027, delivers a 3.75% wage increase and targeted hourly bumps for surgical technicians,...
Vanderbilt Chief Heads to Dana-Farber
Vanderbilt Health’s system surgeon‑in‑chief Seth Karp will leave on Oct. 15 to become surgeon‑in‑chief at Boston’s Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute. He will simultaneously chair the Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The move coincides with Dana‑Farber’s $1.68 billion partnership with...
Washington Hospital Restructures Clinic, Ends Pain Management Services
East Adams Rural Healthcare (EARH) in Ritzville, Washington, is resetting its rural health clinic after a near‑closure caused by financial strain. The new model, effective June 1, will staff the clinic with a single provider on‑site each day, supported by a...
The Quiet Gaps in ED Performance Data — and What Execs Can Do About Them
Hospital leaders now have unprecedented access to emergency department (ED) data, but without adjusting for patient acuity and using appropriate peer groups, the information can be misleading. The CDC’s federal ED utilization report ended in 2022, leaving a fragmented landscape...
Birthday Cards Are Just the Start: Inside AdventHealth’s Hospitality Strategy
AdventHealth launched its Health Parks—a 36,000‑square‑foot, one‑stop‑shop model that bundles lab, imaging, primary care and specialty services under a single roof. The integrated layout lets 1‑2 of every 3 patients receive multiple services in one visit, reducing the need for...
Residency Fill Rates Worsen for Primary Care: 20 Stats to Know
The Trilliant Health report shows primary‑care residency fill rates falling despite a surge in medical‑school applications and residency slots. In the 2026 match, family medicine was 16.4% unfilled, pediatrics 5.6% and internal medicine 4.6%, with the overall primary‑care fill rate...
The Specialty Facing a Million Dollar Gender Pay Gap
A Yale‑led study of the AAMC Faculty Salary Survey (2016‑2024) shows that female ophthalmologists in academia earn less than male peers at every rank. Women now represent a slight majority of assistant professors but only 30% of full professors and...
‘They’ve Turned the Dial up on Denying Preauthorizations’: CHS Blames Payers for Volume Drop
Community Health Systems (CHS) reported a first‑quarter drop in same‑store inpatient admissions (‑1.3% YoY) and surgeries (‑2.2%), attributing the decline to aggressive payer pre‑authorization denials and macro‑economic anxiety among patients with high‑deductible plans. The pressure was most pronounced among commercial...
Vermont Hospital Partners with OB-GYN Group to Sustain Birthing Services
Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vermont, has teamed up with independent OB‑GYN practice Maitri Health Care to preserve local obstetric and gynecologic services. Birth volumes at the hospital have dropped from over 500 to roughly 300 deliveries per year,...
UPMC Funds 3 Startups at AI Pitch Competition
UPMC pledged funding to three AI startups at a pitch competition held at Carnegie Mellon, judged by UPMC Enterprises president Jeanne Cunicelli and Mark Cuban. The winners received $125,000 for Sensi Fit, $75,000 for MyoVerse, and $50,000 for Perforated A1,...
Cleveland Clinic’s Plan to ‘Flip’ the Medicare Advantage Model
Cleveland Clinic is reversing the trend of hospitals exiting Medicare Advantage by moving to the payer side, taking delegated premium risk to manage total cost of care. The health system entered three value‑based risk agreements and targets $1.4 billion in Medicare...
Hope Dims for Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee: 4 Details
President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer and entrepreneur, faces an increasingly uncertain path to confirmation after a contentious Senate HELP Committee hearing. The hearing highlighted her lack of an active medical license, incomplete...
How Women Executives Are Rewriting Healthcare Leadership — 4 Takeaways
At Becker’s Hospital Review’s 16th Annual Meeting, four senior women leaders in healthcare discussed how they are reshaping leadership norms. They emphasized that clarity is a structural skill that resolves the “decisive but accommodating” paradox, and that sponsorship—providing access and...
Highest-Paid Payer CEOs in 2025
UnitedHealth Group chief Stephen Hemsley topped the 2025 list of highest‑paid payer CEOs, earning a total of $60.94 million, largely driven by a one‑time $60 million equity award. Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty placed second with $24.6 million, while Cigna, Elevance Health, CVS...
3 Female CFOs on Moments that Defined Their Careers
At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, three senior healthcare CFOs—Shelly Schorer of CommonSpirit Health, Judy Peek‑Lee of the University of Vermont Medical Center, and Monica Price of Texas Health Resources—shared the pivotal moments that shaped their careers. They highlighted how female...
3 Pillars Shaping the Future of Pharmacy
Penn Medicine is redesigning its pharmacy model around three pillars: patient‑centric access, clinical integration, and technology‑enabled care. The health system is moving services from fixed locations to home‑based and digital touchpoints, aiming to cut barriers like prior‑authorization delays and improve...
Building a Stable Physician Workforce: Insights From Healthcare Executives
Hospital and health system leaders convened at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting to address physician shortages and workforce instability. Executives from Salem Health, Asante, Endeavor Health, and Corewell Health shared models that blend locum tenens, care‑team structures, and robust change‑management tactics....
Novant Health Taps Chief Growth Officer
Novant Health announced that Richard Divers will assume the role of senior vice president and chief growth officer on April 13. Divers will steer the system’s enterprise growth strategy, covering mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and expansion projects aimed at widening...
Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2025: Report
The Drug Channels report shows the specialty pharmacy market remains tightly concentrated, with PBM‑affiliated chains capturing roughly two‑thirds of dispensing revenue in 2025. Specialty drug spending rose 9.6% to $293.4 billion, while accredited locations topped 1,900, a 3% year‑over‑year increase. Hospital‑owned...
Frictionless Access Is Healthcare’s Next Front Door
Mount Sinai is overhauling its patient‑front‑door by integrating CLEAR’s digital identity platform, giving patients and staff an optional, fast‑track check‑in experience. The hospital used focus groups to shape a solution that blends digital convenience with traditional registration for those who...
South Carolina System Opens Outpatient Pharmacy
McLeod Health in Florence, South Carolina, opened a new 12,000‑square‑foot outpatient pharmacy on April 26, replacing a 2,200‑square‑foot location inside its hospital tower. The expanded site, repurposed from a former emergency‑department space, adds a drive‑through window, curbside pickup, and a...
ECRI Spins Off Supply Tech Company
ECRI has spun off its healthcare spend and recall management unit into a new independent company called Staritas. Staritas will deliver data‑driven supply chain intelligence, leveraging AI and real‑time analytics used by nearly 90% of top U.S. hospitals and providers...
Mount Sinai Launches Women’s Health Podcast Series
Mount Sinai Health System has launched “HERology,” a new podcast series dedicated to comprehensive women’s health. The show is co‑hosted by four Mount Sinai physicians and researchers and features both internal specialists and external experts, including public figures. Episodes will...
Revisiting The Competency-Based Board of Directors
Healthcare boards are re‑examining strict competency‑based composition as new regulatory, technological and economic pressures demand broader strategic insight. Traditional governance models that prioritize narrow expertise in areas like M&A, finance or legal risk becoming siloed and less adaptable. Industry surveys...
Providence’s Physician Chief on Its ‘Holistic’ Approach to Value-Based Care
Providence’s physician chief Susan Huang highlighted a holistic, data‑driven value‑based care model that delivered more than $177 million in Medicare shared‑savings in 2024, up from $148 million the prior year. The approach integrates clinical outcomes, financial incentives, and community health across a...
Florida System Raises $100M for New ED
Jackson Health Foundation announced a $100 million fundraising achievement to fund a new emergency department at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. The 178,000‑square‑foot facility, three times the size of the existing ER, will feature 57 observation rooms and four advanced resuscitation...
North Carolina System Names COO
Cape Fear Valley Health, a Fayetteville‑based health system, appointed Michael Tart as its chief operating officer. Tart, who has served as interim COO since February, has been with the organization for more than a decade and currently leads two of...
Mark Cuban Wants to Bring Drug Manufacturing to Hospitals’ Doorsteps — Literally
Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs is rolling out modular drug‑manufacturing pods that fit into tractor‑trailers, allowing hospitals to produce injectables and specialty medicines on‑site. The Dallas‑based facility already makes epinephrine, norepinephrine, Pitocin and pediatric cancer drugs, and claims rare‑disease therapies...
UCI Health Names Chief AI Officer
Deepti Pandita, MD, has been appointed chief medical informatics and AI officer at UCI Health in Orange, California. Pandita, who joined the system in 2023 as vice president of clinical informatics and chief medical information officer, will now oversee the...
Nevada Hospital Names CEO
Carson Valley Health, a Gardnerville, Nevada health system, announced Shannon Rogers as its new chief executive officer. Rogers has been with the organization since 2004 and most recently served as chief operating officer for eight years. During her tenure she...
Mass General Brigham, CVS Deal Could Raise Healthcare Spending $40M Annually: Report
Mass General Brigham and CVS plan to convert 37 MinuteClinic locations into MinuteClinic Primary Care sites within the health system’s network. A Massachusetts Health Policy Commission report estimates the partnership could add about $40 million in annual healthcare spending after the...
Mark Cuban Dives Into Direct Contracting
Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Wellness is an open‑source direct‑contracting platform that links self‑insured employers with hospitals and physicians through publicly posted agreements. The site currently hosts 27 contracts covering more than 9,200 providers, including Dallas‑based Baylor Scott & White Health...
HHS Names Chief Economist, Regulatory Leader to Address Healthcare Affordability
Casey Mulligan, PhD, has been named chief economist and chief regulatory officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He will advise Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on strategies to curb rising healthcare costs, a priority after a Gallup...