Operations
Among a number of moves at Humana, former Amazon VP of Healthcare Aaron Martin will become president of Medicare Advantage.
Altera Digital Health's Kevin Ritter says the company's platform unifies and reformats clinical, claims and patient data so it can be used more easily by AI and analytics tools that provide clinicians with decision support.
M&A landscape will regain strength as organizations improve in quality and leverage technology to attract buyers, PwC says.
Forecast is for deeper AI penetration in 2026 enabled by momentum in workflow integration and governance.
Non-labor expense increases of 6% to 10% over the past year were driven in part by tariffs, says Kaufman Hall report.
Challenges for providers include not having enough coders, a large backlog and in general, increasing denials, says Arintra CEO Nitesh Shroff.
In this new leadership role, Owen Plietz will oversee hospital operations, pharmacy services, nursing, continuum of care, and consumer and patient experience.
Expectations are for performance, adoptability and measurable impact, says Sandra Johnson, senior vice president at CliniComp.
CMS distributed $3.3B to providers experiencing revenue disruptions, including $2.2B to hospitals, report says.
Accrete Health’s partnership with Atalan is aimed at improving clinical retention, the patient experience and outcomes.