Medicare Advantage Organizations sometimes delayed or denied Medicare Advantage beneficiaries’ access to services, even though the prior authorization requests met Medicare coverage rules, according to a new report by the Office of the Inspector General.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has announced that Wright L. Lassiter III will succeed Lloyd H. Dean as its next CEO starting on August 1. Dean announced last fall that he would retire this year. Lassiter has been CEO of Henry Ford Health since 2016 and joined that health system as president in 2014.