As health systems navigate 2026, leaders are balancing near-term performance with longer-term positioning. Shifts in care delivery, workforce dynamics, policy, and competition are reshaping where growth opportunities exist and where new constraints are emerging. We’ve created a set of ready-to-use…
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Hoskinson Health and Wellness, a rural clinic in Gillette, Wyo., will close July 31, three years after opening, citing financial unsustainability, the Gillette News Record reported May 25. The clinic, which was founded with ambitions of building a national model…
Like many health systems, Erlanger faced operational challenges that capped surgical growth: 30% of OR block time went unused, non-robotic cases occupied robotic rooms, independent surgeons were taking cases to competitors and scheduling was a manual, cumbersome process. Traditional scheduling…
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The American Cancer Society updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines to include additional blood- and stool-based screening options, while reaffirming that average-risk adults should begin screening at age 45 and continue through age 75 for those with a life expectancy…
EMS revenue doesn’t start with a claim. It starts the moment a crew responds to a call. Patient care report narratives, level-of-service determinations and mileage entries all shape whether a claim is strong or vulnerable before it ever reaches a…
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Transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) affects far more patients than most health systems realize — and the data show many are going undiagnosed and unmanaged.1-7 Recent Becker’s Healthcare and Alnylam survey research, with perspectives from more than 100 health system leaders,…
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Federal agencies are escalating their fight against alleged fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid, deploying funding freezes, new enforcement units and criminal prosecutions. Here are 10 numbers that define the crackdown. $2 billion. The amount CMS could withhold…
Cardiovascular medicine is advancing rapidly as physician leaders drive breakthroughs in heart failure care, cardiac electrophysiology, structural heart procedures and precision cardiovascular research. At the same time, many of the field’s top clinicians are helping shape national policy, clinical guidelines…
Medical students researching anesthesiology residencies tallied more than 105,000 views on the American Medical Association’s FREIDA database in 2025, with the specialty drawing roughly 2.8% of FREIDA’s 3.7 million total program views for the year. Here are the 10 most-viewed…
From fighting new state legislation in court to defending itself against hospital lawsuits, CVS Health is navigating a turbulent stretch. Here’s a look at what’s happening: Tennessee pharmacy law sparks federal lawsuit CVS Health has filed a federal lawsuit challenging…
