The CEOs named the mandate. The CFOs are building the operating answer. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, the CFOs running Cleveland Clinic, Ascension, Kaiser Permanente, Sentara Health, Allina Health, NYC Health + Hospitals, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth and Temple Health told…
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DSOs are facing new challenges in 2026, driven by an evolving M&A environment and increased public scrutiny. However, the tide could turn later this year for market factors to lean in their favor. Ten updates: 1. Acquisitions have been the…
The payer business model built for the last twenty years can’t carry the next ten. At Becker’s Spring Payer Issues Roundtable, the leaders running health plans at Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California, Elevance Health, Highmark, Oscar Health and…
The cost-cutting playbook that carried health systems through the last decade has run out of road. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, the CEOs running Sutter Health, CommonSpirit Health, Banner Health, Penn Medicine, Dartmouth Health, Inova, Boston Children’s Hospital and Ascension…
Behavioral health has moved from service line to operating model. At Becker’s Behavioral Health event, the leaders running behavioral health at Ascension, Advocate Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Cleveland Clinic, CommonSpirit Health, Hartford HealthCare, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Northwell Health and…
Economic strain on patients’ care prioritization, insurance companies ramping up denials and the potential removal of community fluoride are big concerns for the dental industry. Patients being unable to afford dental care can lead to a number of other health…
Multi-location dental groups are facing rising complexity, tighter margins and increasing expectations from leadership and capital partners. As dental organizations grow beyond single practices, finance functions are being pushed beyond traditional models. Manual processes, fragmented systems and spreadsheet-based reporting can…
Several states have either approved or proposed legislation to expand Medicaid dental coverage for residents or increase reimbursements for dental providers. Four updates: 1. Louisiana legislators advanced House Bill 222, which would require Medicaid to cover dental procedures deemed medically…
Here are three company layoffs Becker’s has reported on in recent months: 1. Dental insurance company Liberty Dental Plans laid off 95 employees April 6. The company decided to contract out operations, leading to the job cuts, according to a…
Passing legislation that solves challenges with dental insurance could lead to improved employee satisfaction, reduced administrative burden and elevated patient care, according to one dental practice administrator. Steven Wilbanks is the practice administrator for the office of Matthew N. Wilbanks,…