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Scott Becker: 5 Healthcare News Stories We Are Following Today 8-4-26 · Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

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  - This is Scott Becker with the Becker's health
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  - care podcast.
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  - Today's discussion is five of the stories that
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  - we're following currently.
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  - The the the first story that we're following
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  - is the 20 hospitals listed as honor roll
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  - hospitals by US News and World Report. And,
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  - again,
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  - not a lot of surprises in this list,
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  - but a lot of great hospitals mentioned.
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  - I'll I'll just quickly mention a lot of
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  - them. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,
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  - Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles,
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  - Cleveland Clinic
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  - Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania,
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  - Houston Methodist Hospital,
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  - Johns Hopkins,
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  - Mass General,
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  - three of the different Mayo Clinic hospitals in
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  - Minnesota,
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  - Arizona, and Florida.
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  - Next, Mount Sinai in New York, then New
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  - York Presbyterian,
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  - also in New York, Columbia and Cornell.
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  - In Chicago, Northwestern
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  - Medicine.
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  - In New York, again, NYU, Langone Hospitals,
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  - Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Kudos to
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  - Rush in Northwestern in my neighborhood in Chicago,
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  - next, Stanford Hospital in in Palo Alto.
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  - After that, we've got a number of California
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  - hospitals, UC San Diego
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  - Health, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, UCSF,
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  - Medical Center in San Francisco, and finally, University
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  - of Michigan Health Ann Arbor.
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  - Again, congratulations to all of those hospitals ranked
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  - as top 20 hospitals,
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  - by US News and World Report.
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  - The the other four stories we're following today,
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  - Second,
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  - four more insurers exiting the Medicare Advantage markets.
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  - That's a sign of the times as Medicare
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  - Advantage becomes less profitable for insurance companies.
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  - Third, hospital health system exits in 2026
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  - or ahead of 2025
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  - rates. Not a huge degree, but something to
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  - watch to see the changes going on in
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  - health care ecosystem.
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  - Fourth, HCA to acquire 40 Texas urgent care
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  - centers.
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  - Again, simply remarkable HCA's growth in this area.
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  - We see it all over the place. And
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  - finally, fifth, Forbes also has the listings of
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  - top hospitals per state. This is a much
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  - longer list, a much broader list
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  - than we have in in The USA US
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  - News and World Report list, but but also
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  - just fascinating to watch what is there in
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  - Forbes' list of best hospitals per state. In
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  - any event, thank you for listening to the
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  - Becker's Healthcare podcast. We hope you enjoy this.
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  - We we love looking at these various different
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  - lists including The US News one, the Forbes
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  - one, and more.
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  - Also, we we find the the growth of
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  - HCA to be fascinating,
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  - amazing what they're doing.
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  - And, also, we find the Medicare Advantage changes
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  - to be fascinating for for insurers exiting the
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  - Medicare Advantage markets. In any event, thank you
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  - for listening to the Becker's Healthcare podcast. Thank
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  - you very, very much.