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.
- It took convincing for Aidan Hettler to apply for the CEO position of a Colorado hospital — he was 22 at the time. Two years after landing the job, the 24-year-old is grateful hospital leaders "were willing to take a gamble on someone who I think they felt had the heart for this."
- In 2019, UnitedHealth Group's CEO told investors Optum's growth strategy did not include building hospitals. Instead, one piece of the plan to grow Optum's care delivery arm was partnering with health systems to manage administrative services — and it has nine such deals so far.
- Feb. 1 was a busy day for two of the nation's largest health systems, with Tenet Healthcare closing on the sale of three hospitals and an agreement to sell four more and HCA Healthcare completing its purchase of a bankrupt Texas hospital.?
- Manually tracking surgical patients' case status is complex and time-consuming. See how this New York hospital automated the process — boosting OR productivity and profits — here.
- Steward Health Care is throwing a financial safety net around its nine Massachusetts hospitals amid reports the health system was looking to sell four of them to settle its ongoing financial difficulties.
- Rush University System for Health laid off an undisclosed number of workers in administrative and leadership positions, citing "financial headwinds."
- The group that owns Crozer Health is suing the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education after the organization withdrew accreditation for the health system's general surgery training program.
- High claims denial rates can be a roadblock to generating revenue. Hear what hospital finance leaders are doing to confront denials here.
- For the second consecutive year, hospital CEOs ranked workforce challenges, financial challenges and behavioral health and addiction issues as their top three concerns.?
- Throughout 2023, healthcare saw a rate of employment growth it had not seen in more than three decades. Here are eight findings from a recent analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
- When it comes to scaling primary care at your health system, AI is your best friend. Learn more from the COO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Network here.
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