Category: Becker’s Hospital Review

'There's something wrong with the system': CommonSpirit CFO

Chicago-based CommonSpirit has implemented several measures to address the gap between rising expenses and slower-growing revenues, including strengthening its revenue cycle function, but the volume of denials remains a pervasive and labor-intensive ch…

Envision grows executive team

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has added two leaders to its executive team.

Aspirus plans $227M hospital expansion: 3 notes

Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health is planning a $227 million expansion at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

UNM Health System names permanent CEO

Mike Richards, MD, has been appointed CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based UNM Health System, effective immediately. 

Lehigh Valley Health lays off 100

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network is laying off approximately 100 employees, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 21. 

Kaiser taps regional health plan president

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has appointed Wendy Watson as president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest, effective Feb. 16.

Why 2024 was a 'banner year' for Jefferson Health

Following the Aug. 1 merger of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, the system has been working on integrating its 32 hospitals and more than 700 care sites. 

10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements

From the Justice Department suing Walgreens over its alleged role in the opioid crisis to a Maine health system suing HHS over withheld Medicare payments, here are 10 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker’s has re…

WVU Medicine, Independence Health System partner on neonatal ICU care

Under a new affiliation, Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital specialists are now providing neonatal ICU services at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa. 

RCM co. Knowtion Health names CFO

Revenue cycle management company Knowtion Health has named Erica Tingley as its new CFO.