BECKER'S
HOSPITAL REVIEW
February / 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 2
16TH ANNUAL MEETING
April 13 - 16, 2026
Hyatt Regency // Chicago, IL
SAVE THE DATE
EXECUTIVE
EXCLUSIVES:
Prathibha Varkey,
MD, president, Mayo
Clinic Health System
p. 6
Wendy Fielding,
CFO, Dartmouth Health
p. 10
Caswell Samms III,
executive vice president,
CFO, Nemours Children's
Health
p. 9
Tony Morrison,
vice president, chief
revenue cycle officer,
Sanford Health
p. 23
Jay Grider, DO, PhD,
chief quality officer,
UK HealthCare; CEO,
Kentucky Medical
Services Foundation
p. 14
Mike Nelson, senior
vice president, strategic
services, Universal Health
Services
p. 14
IN THIS ISSUE:
How to lead health
system staff through
transformation and
uncertainty
p. 11
Breaking the discharge
bottleneck: 3 systems'
strategies
p. 14
How SSM Health
integrates specialty care
into value-based models
p. 13
A community health
system CEO's bet on
academic medicine
p. 7
How hospital executives
are managing value-
based care challenges
p. 12
Why transformation
funds are 'critical' for
rural healthcare
p. 9
The top workflow
pain points frustrating
physician
p. 17
Why Geisinger went
biosimilar-1st across its
pharmacy portfolio
p. 18
What to expect from
hospital M&A in 2026
p. 22
US companies are scaling
back hiring in 2026. How
do hospitals compare?
p. 21
10 themes for health
system growth
p. 5
The 'strategic accelerator' CEOs
need for transformation
p. 6
'Act like a
payer': A CFO's
strategy for
margin growth
p. 8
Hospitals
rethink PTO to
combat burnout
p. 20
