Radha Savitala has worked with more than 45 acute care hospitals, medical groups and surgery centers as a healthcare attorney to navigate financing transactions. Now, she is the co-founder of Tenor Health Foundation, an organization with a mission to rebuild…
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Independent practice physicians in Dallas say that algorithms being used by commercial payers Aetna and Cigna are slashing payments by downcoding certain procedures, DMagazine reported Oct. 21. One practice owner characterized the downcoding policy as “guilty until proven innocent.” Practice…
Virtual care isn’t new — but CoxHealth’s approach to it is. Facing rising acuity, staffing strain and fragmented care, the Missouri-based system unified six hospitals under a single, team-based virtual care model. From eICU to pharmacy and respiratory therapy, CoxHealth…
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Kaylie Weltsch
Nurse Manager, Virtual Care Command Center, Cox Health
Gina Larson
Administrative Director of Nursing and Professional Development, Cox Health
Healthcare leaders are looking to AI to ease administrative burden and drive efficiency in the face of rising costs. But for many, it’s still a work in progress. Becker’s Healthcare and Workday surveyed more than 140 healthcare executives to understand…
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Pat Keel, FHFMA
EVP, Chief Financial Officer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Neil Jensen
VP, Head of Global Product Vision and Experience Workday
Missed lab appointments don’t just delay care, they drive up costs, reduce capacity and frustrate patients. Providence, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit systems, tackled this head-on. The result? An 8-fold increase in lab appointment scheduling, reduced no-shows and a…
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Sixty-one percent of physicians said their patients were influenced by medical misinformation at least a moderate amount over the past year, according to a survey from the Physician’s Foundation. The report, which surveyed more than 1,000 physicians, explored the impact…
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, named Ben Eklo chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. Here are five things to know: 1. Mr. Eklo has spent 18 years with the company, a spokesperson told Becker’s, and…
Physician leadership is at a crossroads as the demands of the healthcare industry evolve more quickly than the traditional structure of many physician leadership roles. “But as s people and the workforce have evolved, there’s a growing understanding: if you’re…
In recent years, physicians have largely shifted from private practice into employed settings such as hospitals, health systems and other corporate healthcare entities. According to a report published in May in the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic…
From shrinking reimbursement margins to cyberattacks and staffing shortages, here’s five reasons why physician practices are shuttering in 2025: 1. Reimbursement challenges For many independent physicians, reimbursement cuts remain the most immediate threat to survival. In March, Lisa Egbert, MD,…