Category: Leadership & Management

Cano Health CEO steps down

Mark Kent has stepped down from his role as CEO of Miami-based Cano Health to focus on his next business venture. 

HHS at a glance: The $1.7 trillion agency that shapes US healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has played a profound role in America’s health and well-being for more than 70 years with its reach including everything from policymaking to funding research to administering Medicare to protecting the …

Why CEOs should avoid being a 'chief problem solver'

As the new president and CEO of two Dartmouth Health hospitals, Matthew Foster, MD, is working to create a “microsystem” within the Lebanon, N.H.-based academic health system.

'I needed to go to grow': 1 leader's boomerang career, from nurse to CEO

Three weeks after Columbus-based OhioHealth named Paula Stabler, MSN, RN, president of Van Wert (Ohio) Hospital, she shared insights with Becker’s about her career journey and the evolving appreciation of nursing leaders. 

'Strength with empathy': 9 women on their leadership philosophies

Empowerment and empathy have shaped the leadership philosophies of many women in healthcare.

Why Children's Minnesota's CEO sees change ahead for pediatrics

In more than seven years as CEO of Children’s Minnesota, Mark Gorelick, MD, has kept a sharp focus on improving patient experience.

Some tariffs delayed; judge blocks federal funding freeze — 5 healthcare updates

President Donald Trump has granted temporary tariff exemptions on imports from Mexico and Canada that are covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, signed by President Trump during his first term.

Congress must preserve Medicaid funding to safeguard healthcare for our neighbors in need

Attention across the nation is rightly focused on potential massive and drastic Medicaid cuts under consideration by Congress that would imperil health care for nearly 80 million of our most vulnerable neighbors – low-income families, expectant moms, c…

Democratic PAC aims to elect 100 new physicians

314 Action, a political action committee focused on recruiting and electing Democrats with a science background to public office, launched a new campaign to elect 100 new physicians to office by 2030 on Feb. 28. 

Jefferson CEO sees 'strong headwinds' for healthcare

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has grown into a 33-hospital health system after the acquisition of Lehigh Valley Health Network in August 2024 and is now among the top 10 nonprofit health systems in the U.S.