Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

This episode features Alan Condon, Editor-in-Chief at Becker's Healthcare. Here, he discusses hospital salary & wage growth dipping to 7% in Q1 of 2023, where average hospital margins are currently, the difference in margins between small & large systems, and health system executives focusing on retention to combat labor costs.

In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief & Becker's Healthcare discusses hospital CEOs focusing more on retention in efforts to lower rising labor costs, partnerships growing more popular for hospitals and health systems in order to increase revenue, and CMS pitching a 2.8% outpatient pay bump for 2024.

In this episode, we are joined by Paul Hiltz, President & CEO at NCH Healthcare System to discuss NCH becoming an “advanced community healthcare system”, how the system is working on physician integration & wellness in order to combat provider shortages, strategic initiatives the system has in place moving forward in the second half of 2023, and much more.

This episode features Morgan Best, Founder and Managing Consultant of M.L. Best Consulting. Here, she discusses M.L. Best Consulting - a 100% minority, woman owned & operated executive to mid-level leadership search and career development firm, trends she is watching in hiring, advice for leaders wanting to venture into entrepreneurship, and much more!

Richard A. Huot, DDS, Chief Executive Officer at Beachside Dental Consultants joins the podcast to discuss his background, biggest issues he's following in dental, current nerves and excitements, and what the most effective healthcare leaders need to be successful in the next 2-3 years.

Crystal Broj, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Medical University of South Carolina joins the podcast to discuss her background & transition into her new role at MUSC, her focus on access to care & digital transformation, current initiatives she is working on at MUSC, and much more!Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here (https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conferences-and-events/conference-reviewers-request-for-more-information.html?utm_source=email&utm_content=13annualwebsitehomepage).

Welcome to the Becker's Healthcare podcast. In this episode, Molly Gamble sits down with Bob Baxter, President of Mercy Health – Toledo, an 8-hospital system within Bon Secours Mercy Health, Ohio's largest health system. They discuss the benefits of a regionalized executive structure, balancing localized decision-making with standardization, and the challenges and opportunities faced by health systems. Bob shares insights on workforce issues, declining enrollment in nursing programs, and innovative initiatives to address these challenges. He also talks about Mercy Health's partnership with the Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union to support community members in rehabilitating their homes. Tune in for valuable perspectives on investments in social determinants of health and prioritizing community needs.

This episode features regular guest Molly Gamble, Vice President of Editorial at Becker’s Healthcare. Here, she discusses access to care & the continued flooding of emergency rooms due to shortages of clinicians across the country, a lack of data for physician turnover and the pilot shortage in the US.

This episode features Jakob Emerson, Insurance Editor at Becker's Healthcare. Here, he discusses Elevance Health, UnitedHealth Group and other large payers’ Q2 earnings coming in higher than expected and Blue Cross Blue Shield companies across the country reorganizing their corporate structures in order to compete with other large payers.

Dr. Susan Huang, Chief Medical Officer at Providence South Division & Chief Executive Officer at Providence Health Network joins the podcast to discuss her background, how she and her organization are thinking about growth, the potential of AI in healthcare, exciting and impactful initiatives she is working on right now, and much more.