What to watch out for in 2026, as the health care industry gears up for a battle over how clinical AI should get paid for.

Tools that health systems retired in 2025 reveal challenges in AI adoption, highlighting the need for oversight and workflow alignment.

In 2024, Becker’s reported on 11 academic health centers that had opened or were developing new ASCs and outpatient centers. In 2025, that number increased to 14, a move that reflects growing interest ...

When Cone Health set out to overhaul its pharmacy automation infrastructure in 2024, the health system knew the decision would impact medication management across its entire enterprise for years to ...

The MetroHealth System must face claims alleging it illegally rounded workers’ hours, a judge ruled Nov. 24 (Bowman v. MetroHealth). A medical practice assistant alleged in the proposed class-action ...

UnitedHealthcare is currently in talks with two Midwestern health systems over contracts that are set to expire at the end of the year. SSM Health is a Catholic, nonprofit health system based in St.

When the conversation shifts toward value-based care (VBC), hospital systems find themselves in a delicate balancing act. On one hand, VBC strategies compel providers to prioritize preventive, ...

MEANS FOR PATIENTS AND WORKERS. OFFICIALS WITH BOTH INDEPENDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM AND WVU MEDICINE SAY THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. WVU HEALTH SYSTEM HAS 25 HOSPITALS ...

Independence Health System — with hospitals in Greensburg, Latrobe and Mt. Pleasant — announced Wednesday that it will join West Virginia University Health System beginning in fall 2026. The agreement ...

The University of Minnesota is battling in public with its own physician group and Fairview Health Services, the nonprofit group that owns the U’s teaching hospital in Minneapolis, over a deal to fund ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Nearly two years after a merger ...

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is rebranding to FMOL Health to represent the unity between the system’s facilities across the Gulf South. The Baton Rouge-based health system, which ...