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BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW August / 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 8 11th Annual BECKER'S IT + REVENUE CYCLE CONFERENCE: THE FUTURE OF AI & DIGITAL HEALTH September 14 - 17, 2026 // Hilton Chicago SAVE THE DATE EXECUTIVE EXCLUSIVES: Chad Lefteris, President & CEO, UCI Health p. 6 Erik Wexler, President & CEO, Providence p. 7 Katerina Guerraz, COO, Aetna p. 11 Holly Muller, DNP, RN, SVP & System CNO, Presbyterian Healthcare Services p. 13 Raza Fayyaz, CIO, Aultman Health System p. 17 Tracy Peffley, System VP, Revenue Cycle Management, Cleveland Clinic p. 22 IN THIS ISSUE: 'The fight is worth it': How rural hospitals can recover from the brink of closure p. 9 CFOs are becoming the go-to pick for COO, CEO roles. Here's why p. 10 Health system CEOs aren't shelving growth plans. They're re- sequencing them p. 7 What CEOs can learn from children's hospitals on 'mission' p. 5 UCI Health started as 1 hospital. 50 years and 6 hospitals later, CEO charts its future p. 6 Inside Aetna's push to automate claims, upskill workers, reduce friction across healthcare p. 11 13 pharmacy leaders on what matters most heading into the 2nd half of 2026 p. 18 Leader Development Is Often Underfunded. Your Organization Is Paying for It Anyway p. 15 Cleveland Clinic's $15B revenue cycle and the 'unsustainable' problem it hopes to solve p. 22 Healthcare burnout looks different now: 5 leaders explain what's driving it p. 20 AI agents are going off script. Health systems are figuring it out in real time p. 17 Why 720 rural hospitals are at risk of closing p. 8 The title CIOs actually want p. 16 3 skills new nurses are missing on day 1, per nurse execs p. 13