Category: Becker’s Hospital Review

Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since Dec. 27: 

ProMedica CFO eyes growth in key service lines post-restructuring

Since taking over as ProMedica CFO in May 2023, Terry Metzger has led the health system through a notable financial recovery, most recently transforming a $31 million loss (-4.2% margin) in the third quarter of 2023 into a $32.4 million operating gain …

WVU Medicine's 'secret sauce' to success

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine saw a busy year of growth in 2024, bringing the health system’s portfolio to 25 hospitals after it finalized the purchase of Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center on Jan. 1. The system also received board approval to inves…

Surgeon stress may improve patient outcomes: Study

A surgeon’s stress at the beginning of a procedure might affect clinical outcomes, according to research published Jan. 15 in JAMA. 

16 states report high respiratory virus activity: 5 notes

Respiratory illness activity remains elevated across the U.S., with emergency department visits and positive test rates rising for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, according to the CDC. 

IU Health appoints new IT leadership

 
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has appointed two new leaders to key IT C-suite roles.

How Beth Israel Lahey Health tackled the pandemic

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health will mark its sixth anniversary as a system this March. Serving eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, the system operates 14 hospitals and several ambulatory sites. Since its founding, communi…

Epic and Particle Health's dispute: A timeline

The ongoing legal conflict between Epic Systems, a leading EHR provider, and Particle Health, a health data exchange startup, has unfolded over several key events:

Mississippi hospital to adopt unified EHR system

Starkville, Miss.-based OCH Regional Medical Center is set to launch a new EHR system on Jan. 27, replacing multiple existing platforms with a unified one developed by Cerner. 

2025 ushers new era in physician unions

While unionization among healthcare workers and professionals is a familiar phenomenon, resident physicians and fellows joining unions has only grown in recent years. Indeed, since the start of 2025 alone, at least five groups of resident physicians an…