Pharmacy procurement is no longer just about purchasing medications. Rising drug costs, persistent shortages, limited staffing and growing 340B complexity are forcing pharmacy leaders into broader financial and operational decisions, often without connected data or workflows to support them. In…
Presented by:
Melissa Stiles
Director of Pharmacy Services Vernon Health
Lauren Forni
Senior Director of Clinical Strategy Bluesight
Pharmacy operations have shifted from a departmental function to a board-level priority as margin pressure and compliance exposure intensify across health systems. Yet many organizations still operate with fragmented procurement models and legacy oversight approaches that limit control and visibility.…
Presented by:
Calvin Hunsicker
Founder and Chief Product Officer SureCost
Chad O’Connor
VP/GM Acute SureCost
Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital will acquire Mercy Health’s pediatric practice and its rehabilitation services in early March, with both locations to be renamed Dayton Children’s as part of the agreement, WHIO reported Feb. 11. The acquisition expands Dayton Children’s footprint…
Today’s Medicare Advantage payers are navigating rising enrollment, changing HCC models and heightened audit scrutiny from CMS. At the same time, quality standards continue to tighten, putting Star Ratings and revenue at risk when documentation and coding fall short. This…
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Mentorship is a core component of cultivating leaders in healthcare, and the advice they share with young physicians may stick with them for the entirety of their careers. Three physicians recently joined Becker’s to share the most important advice they…
Price transparency laws for healthcare organizations were first implemented in 2021 and have progressively strengthened since, but have they helped patients? The laws were introduced during President Donald Trump’s first term and require hospitals to publicly post their payer-specific negotiation…
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., have introduced legislation that would ban health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from owning medical providers, and would force companies in violation to divest within one year of the bill’s enactment. The…
Physicians and their teams are constantly balancing an array of priorities and pressures in modern healthcare — from increased threats of violence at work to diminished autonomy and political strife. In the midst of what can be a chaotic and…
John Cowan, MD, a neurosurgeon from Cartersville, Ga., has announced that he will run for the state’s 11th Congressional District seat, East Cobb News reported Feb. 10. The 11th District is currently represented by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican, who…
The same financial pressures hospitals are facing are increasingly evident at the physician enterprise level, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly “Physician Flash Report,” which is based on data from more than 200,000 employed providers — physicians and advanced practice…
