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Hospital leaders looking to revenue cycle outsourcing to cut workforce costs

Forty-six percent of hospital and health system leaders see labor costs as the greatest opportunity for cost reductions this year, with outsourcing functions among the top considerations, according to Kaufman Hall’s “2022 State of Healthcare Performanc…

Walmart Health expands Florida footprint

Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart Health plans to open 16 new health centers in Florida.

Northwestern Medical Center names Dawn Kregel chief nursing executive

St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center has welcomed Dawn Kregel, DNP, as its new chief nursing executive.

Rising healthcare costs may affect employee benefits, McKinsey warns

Employers across a variety of industries face profitability headwinds due to significantly elevated healthcare costs, and such pressures are most likely to affect the most vulnerable employees if left unmanaged, according to a report on healthcare tren…

12 recent RCM mergers and acquisitions

From National Medical Billing Services acquiring MedTek to Optum’s completed merger with Change Healthcare, here are 10 revenue cycle management mergers and acquisitions Becker’s has reported since June 21:

HCA reorganizing operations

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., is undergoing a reorganization that includes forming a third operating group.

CEOs are leaving their jobs at younger ages

Across all industries, the average age of CEOs who left their roles in the first nine months of the year is four years younger than the year prior, according to an Oct. 26 Challenger, Gray & Christmas report.

Former nurse charged with 2 patient deaths at Atrium hospital

A former nurse at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attemted murder, Forsyth County, N.C., District Attorney Jim O’Neill told local news outlets during an Oct. 25 press conference.

Northwoods Surgery Center administrator discusses cultivating teamwork and staff satisfaction

Jacqueline McLaughlin, RN, is the administrator at Northwoods Surgery Center in Woodruff, Wis.

Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute President on the organization’s increase in total joint cases

Vishal Mehta, MD, is president and managing partner of the Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute.