Top Stories of the Week

Here are the developments that marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here.

• Becker's 12th Annual CEO+CFO Roundtable gathered healthcare leaders from across the country to share their expertise on myriad topics. Among them: Providence's CEO on why "old-school M&A is dead," Cleveland Clinic's CEO on the future of AI and quantum computing, and four CFOs on how to navigate Medicare Advantage.
• Pittsburgh-based UPMC is laying off about 100 employees, or 0.1% of its workforce. Elsewhere, Westchester Medical Center Health Network in New York is laying off about 130 people primarily in corporate and administrative roles.
• GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might influence the volume of all-cause hospital admissions and bariatric surgeries, studies suggest. Here are three other updates to know about the medications.
• 2025 AI predictions: NYC Health + Hospitals chief data officer shares what hospitals need to know here.
• The ACA has been through many iterations since being signed into law in 2010. Donald Trump's second presidential term could bring about more changes.
• Oracle Health is developing a new AI-powered EHR platform, one built independently of Cerner's original platform. Oracle says the system allows clinicians to access information with simple voice commands.
• Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner recently explained why she believes in yin-yang leadership.
• Advocate Health, Baptist Health + Health First are taking telemetry to the next level. Learn more here.
• Nearly 40% of hospitals are still operating in the red post-COVID-19. Large systems with scale and stability seek opportunities to expand responsibly by acquiring distressed facilities and entering markets where other systems are exiting.?
• Community Health Systems has completed or lined up seven hospital sales as part of its divestiture plan, which aims to take in about $1 billion this year after offloading various hospitals.
• Sutter Health is on the path to better physician well-being. Learn more — here.

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