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Health systems' revenue cycle investment priorities

RCM technology — such as automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning — is the top revenue cycle investment priority for health systems over the next year, according to a Sept. 9 report from consulting company Guidehouse. 

'Patients are going to ask for it': Inside Ochsner's pharmacogenomic testing program

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health was met with some uncertainty when it launched its pharmacogenomic program in March 2022 and became one of the first health systems to standardize genomic testing.

Where are departing COOs heading?

Internal promotion to CEO was the most common result of COO turnover this year, according to a Crist Kolder Associates report. 

UChicago Medicine exec to retire after 12 years

UChicago Medicine’s chief equity officer, Brenda Battle, BSN, RN, will retire at the end of the year, the academic health system said Sept. 9. 

How some hospitals are not only surviving, but thriving financially

Kaufman Hall’s most recent July 2024 “National Hospital Flash” report shed a light on financial stability that is continuing to spread across hospitals in the U.S. 

$1.5M Kaiser grant to create health equity playbook

Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, a Chicago-based coalition of Black board directors, seeks to address health disparities in public hospitals and community health centers with a $1.5 million grant from Kaiser Permanente.

A look at a Maryland health system's virtual care expansion

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health is expanding its virtual care capabilities across its hospitals.

17 CFO moves in August

Trinity Health and The Valley Health System were among the hospitals and health systems that tapped new CFOs in August. 

HCA taps chief medical officer for TriStar division

 Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare, has appointed Ajit Singh, MD, as division chief medical officer.

Yale New Haven Health marks hospital-at-home milestone

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health marked a milestone for its hospital-at-home program as the health system keeps growing the care model, the Yale Daily News reported.