Here are 13 chief medical officer appointments that occurred during the month of April, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Robert Yee, MD, was named chief medical officer of John Day, Ore.-based Blue Mountain Hospital District. 2. Jeffrey Gaines, MD, was…
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Persistent vacancies, rising contract labor costs and limited access to local nursing education are squeezing health systems, especially in rural and regional markets. In response, many organizations are working harder to recruit. A smaller number are taking a different approach:…
Jun 11, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Ivan J. Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Health
Brandy Irwin, MSN, RN
Vice President of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer, Sierra View Medical Center
Jeffery L. Hudson-Covolo, DNP, R.N., NEA-BC, FACHE
President, Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL); Co-Founder, Sierra View Medical Center School of Nursing powered by Unitek College
Caitlin Masterson
President SVP of Workforce Development, Unitek Learning
When AI investments fail to pay off, the problem is not lack of interest or excitement. It is the challenge of integrating AI into clinical workflows, building governance structures and earning clinician trust. Radiology offers a clearer path forward. Nearly…
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Huntsville, Ala.-based Clearview Cancer Institute has partnered with Alliance Cancer Care to launch a Radiation Oncology Division. According to a May 4 news release, Alliance Cancer Care’s eight radiation oncologists will lead the new division. The practice treats patients across…
Physician burnout is declining and systems are finding new ways to recruit physicians without raising pay, but international physicians are in limbo amid visa renewal delays. There are just a few things to know about the physician workforce in 2026.…
Every missed malnutrition diagnosis costs your hospital ~$10,000 in reimbursement — and puts patients at risk. Missing or under-documenting complex conditions like malnutrition, pressure injuries, acute kidney injury (AKI), delirium, etc. cause a system to treat a complex patient as “low-risk.”…
May 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jason Cohen, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient Qventus
Katie Saindon
Senior Director of Product Management Qventus
Hospitals spent $43 billion in 2025 chasing payments insurers already owed them. Payer tactics have grown more sophisticated, more automated and harder to detect — and many of the most financially damaging losses, including DRG downgrades, never trigger a formal…
Jun 2, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Tami Knobbe
EVP, CorroHealth
Anne Robertucci, MS, RHIA
Vice President, Clinical Revenue Cycle Prisma Health
Rebekah May, MBA, MSN, RN
CDI Director, Clinical Revenue Cycle The University of Kansas Health System
Penny Jefferson
Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity Services University of California Davis Medical Center
Richard Nagengast
Vice President Revenue Cycle Mount Sinai Health System
Many hospitals still rely on generic clinical risk scores to flag high-risk patients. The challenge: those scores aren’t built to map to how CMS Star Ratings, HRRP, VBP and Leapfrog measure performance — which means quality improvement effort can be…
Jun 1, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Nik Rao
CEO, Dexur
Most physicians spend about one-third of their working hours in the EHR and on administrative tasks — time that comes directly out of patient interaction, judgment work and recovery between cases. AI is starting to shift that calculus, but for…
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Direct primary care has been gaining momentum as a practice model that can cut through the extensive wait times, short appointment windows and excessive costs that both physicians and patients have come to associate with primary care. Patients at DPC…