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Scott Becker - 10 Stories We Are Following This Week at Becker's Healthcare 7-23-25
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Scott Becker
This is Scott Becker with the Becker's Healthcare Podcast. We're going to share with you today 10 stories that we're following this week in healthcare. Some of them help give a sense what's going on in healthcare generally. Some are just interesting. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoy learning what's going on constantly in the healthcare world. Like first, the one big beautiful act. Here are two just quick concepts in this and there's so many different consequences that come out of this act, some good, some bad, many that are quite problematic in health care. But the first note is that this act is likely to add The CBO estimates 3.4 trillion to the deficit over the last 10 years. I can't imagine it's not going to add more than that, but we'll see what happens. Second, the expectation is that about 10 million people will lose coverage under the act just due to losing subsidies for the ACA and Medicaid and more. Well, again, see how that plays out. I'm a believer we'd like to have coverage for everybody, but access, access is by and large becoming the bigger issue as access becomes more challenging in our nation. Second, Emory Realigns. Emory Healthcare realigns top leadership amongst changes in health care. They restructure and align their leadership team. Dr. Chun Li, the CEO is a tremendous leader. We see many systems trying to figure out what leadership should look like in the coming challenging period that we're seeing. Third is a story from a sponsor Financial due diligence in the med spa industry. Key considerations. This is by Lucas Rechio and Jacob Mullen of VMG Health. Again, one of the bright spots in healthcare has been this self payment medical spa area and arena. Again different than the core hospital and health system world but a lot going on there. Fourth, Kaiser Permanente lays off nurses at two of their outpatient units. Again a sign of the times of systems trying to be more careful on healthcare costs and make sure they remain if they can. Margin positive. Again, about 40% of the systems in the country are not margin positive. Currently. Fifth, another story coming out of Washington, CMS under Dr. Mehmet Oz. 15 key actions. Again, the takeaway here is Dr. Oz seems to be very managed care friendly. We'll see what that continues to look like and how it looks. Sixth, CrowdStrike crash disrupts digital services at 750 US hospitals. Again a sign of the times. Ransomware, cyber attacks still a big, big issue. Seventh, the executive suite talks to Kelly Gooch, one of our lead senior reporters and it basically says there's always so many rabbits to fall out of the hat that all these different dimensions and challenges are causing a crisis for hospitals and health systems. Again, 40% plus of health systems are operating below zero margins, 60% barely above that. But the numbers are tight. Seventh, another story from a sponsor, Lintas, which is a leader in sort of operating room management, infusion therapy and center management. And just a brilliant company ran by CEO Mohan Girardas. Infusion centers at a crossroads. Why operations informed AI is key to resilience in cancer care. And and that's by Ashley Joseph of Lintas. Finally. Ninth, Estorian Epic, the leader in EMRs. Epic's biggest moves in 2025. And that's by Naomi Diaz. Last, last, our tenth story that we're covering today, another California hospital clears the path for bankruptcy filing. And again, just another sign of the times that things are tough all over for hospitals and health Systems. Those are 10 of the stories that we're following at Becker's Healthcare. Thank you as always, for listening. You have a question, you have a comment? Please feel free at any time to text Scott Becker, publisher, founder of Becker's Healthcare. Love to hear your thoughts at any time. 773-766-5322.