BECKER'S
HOSPITAL REVIEW
October / 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 10
14th Annual
CEO + CFO ROUNDTABLE
November 2-5, 2026 // Hyatt Regency Chicago.
SAVE THE DATE
EXECUTIVE
EXCLUSIVES:
Jenni Alvey,
SVP, CFO, Indiana
University Health
p. 9
Darryl Elmouchi,
MD, COO, Providence
p. 11
Kathleen Sanford,
RN, SVP, Chief Nursing
Officer, CommonSpirit
Health
p. 14
Mangesh Patil,
Chief AI Officer, HCA
Healthcare
p. 19
IN THIS ISSUE:
CommonSpirit reports
81% jump in new-hire
nurse retention
p. 14
Emory nearly doubles
sepsis bundle
compliance in 1 year
p. 13
Where health systems
draw the line on
executive relocation
p. 27
How UC Davis Health
redesigned the revenue
cycle workforce
p. 31
The most dangerous
trends in revenue cycle
p. 30
CEOs navigate the 'both-
and' shift in healthcare
p. 7
Is medication safety
actually improving?
p. 25
Mark Cuban: Why US
hospitals 'don't know their
costs'
p. 10
Mayo AI chief: Maintenance costs
are 'far higher' than expected
p. 23
The operational
metrics drawing
renewed focus
from COOs
p. 11
What Gen Z
new hires need
to succeed, per
health system
execs
p. 28
