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1. S&P Upgrades Bond Rating for Carolinas Medical Center-Union in North Carolina
(Matching tags: North Carolina,hospital,financial performance,Carolina Medical Center-Union,rating) Standard & Poor's has upgraded $19.96 million long-term, fixed-rate bonds from Carolina Medical Center-Union in Monroe, N.C., to A+ with a stable outlook, according to a report in the Charlotte Business ...
2. North Carolina Hospitals Take Next Step Toward Finalizing Merger
(Matching tags: merger,North Carolina,Transylvania Regional Hospital,Mission Health System,MOU) Mission Health System in Asheville, N.C., and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., have approved a memorandum of understanding, putting them one step closer to finalizing the terms of an affiliation ...
3. Novant Health Sues Aetna Over Data Used in Contract Negotiations
(Matching tags: lawsuit,North Carolina,Aetna,Novant,contract negotiations,Presbyterian Hospitals) North Carolina-based Novant Health has sued Aetna over data used by the insurer in contract negotiations, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. ...
4. North Carolina Hospital and Health System Exploring Partnership
(Matching tags: North Carolina,partnership,health system,hospital,Mission Health System,Angel Medical Center) Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C., and Mission Health System in Asheville, N.C., are exploring a partnership, according to The Macon County News.
5. North Carolina Cardiologist Sues Hospital for Suspending Privileges
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Johnston Health,Frank Wefald,cardiologist) Frank Wefald, MD, a cardiologist practicing at Johnston Health, a public hospital system in Smithfield, N.C., filed a complaint in county court against Johnston after the system suspended his privileges, ...
6. North Carolina's WakeMed opening $99M Children's Hospital
(Matching tags: North Carolina,opening,Childrens Hospital,WakeMed) WakeMed is opening a $99 million children's hospital in Raleigh, N.C., according to a report by WRAL.
7. Head of North Carolina's Moses Cone Leaves to be COO of WakeMed System
(Matching tags: North Carolina,WakeMed,Moses Cone Hospital,Tom Gettinger) Tom Gettinger is leaving his post as president of Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. to become COO of WakeMed, an 870-bed health system in Raleigh, according to a report by the Business ...
8. Former North Carolina Surgery Center, Hospital Administrator Honored
(Matching tags: North Carolina,hospital,surgery center,Craven Regional Medical Center,award,administrator) Danny Jackson, a former healthcare leader, will be honored by the Craven Regional Medical Center Foundation in New Bern, N.C., for his contribution to healthcare in the Craven area, according to a report ...
9. UNC Hospitals Names New COO, CFO
(Matching tags: CFO,North Carolina,COO,Brian Goldstein,UNC Chapel Hill,Christopher Ellington) UNC Hospitals, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has named Brian P. Goldstein, MD, MBA, as its next executive vice president and COO, effective July 1, according to a UNC Hospitals news release.
10. UNC Hospitals Files Request for 36 Acute-Care Beds
(Matching tags: North Carolina,CON,UNC Hospitals,expansion) The University of North Carolina Hospitals, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has filed a request with the state for 36 additional acute-care beds as part of a $28.3 million expansion and renovation plan, according ...
11. North Carolina's Rowan Regional Medical Center Names New President
(Matching tags: Novant Health,North Carolina,president,Dari Caldwell,Rowan Regional) Novant Health's Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C., has named Dari Caldwell as its new president, according to a report by the Salisbury Post.
12. Novant Health Backs Out of Hospital Deal With North Carolina Town
(Matching tags: Novant Health,North Carolina,Louisburg) Novant Health has pulled out of a deal with the town of Louisburg, N.C., to renovate the town's 70-bed Franklin Regional Medical Center in return for supporting Novant's plans for a new 50-bed hospital, ...
13. 'Fighting For Survival,' North Carolina Hospital May Affiliate With Health System
(Matching tags: North Carolina,affiliation,Beaufort County Hospital) The board overseeing 142-bed Beaufort County (N.C.) Hospital may lease the facility to a hospital system as a way to survive, according to a report by the Washington Daily News.
14. North Carolina's Johnston Health Names New CEO
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Johnston Health,Charles Elliott Jr) Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnston Health has named Charles W. Elliott Jr. as its new CEO, according to a report by the Clayton News-Star.
15. HMC/CAH Consolidated Buying 22-Bed Hospital in North Carolina for $1.6M
(Matching tags: hospitals,North Carolina,sale,HMC/CAH,Hoots Memorial Hospital) Hoots Memorial Hospital in Yadkinville, N.C., will be sold to Kansas City, Mo.-based HMC/CAH Consolidated for $1.6 million, according to a report by the Winston-Salem Journal.
16. North Carolina Plans to Find More Medicaid Fraud With Electronic Reviews
(Matching tags: Medicaid,North Carolina,fraud) North Carolina expects to recover tens of millions dollars a year in fraudulent Medicaid claims by hiring a contractor to sift through electronic submissions rather than relying on reviews of paper claims, ...
17. North Carolina's Franklin Regional Medical Center Names New President
(Matching tags: Novant Health,North Carolina) Novant Health's 70-bed Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg, N.C., has named Jason Proctor as its new president, according to a report by the Triangle Business Journal.
18. Harnett Health Systems Get $25M Federal Loan for New Hospital in North Carolina
(Matching tags: North Carolina,construction,Harnett Health Systems,loan) Harnett Health Systems will receive a $25 million federal loan to build a 50-bed acute care hospital in Lillington, N.C., according to a report by WRAL.
19. North Carolina's Transylvania Regional Exploring Affiliation With Mission Health System
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Transylvania Regional Hospital,affiliation,Mission Health System) Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., is currently exploring a possible affiliation with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System, according to a report by the Times-News.
20. Head of Pender Memorial Hospital in North Carolina Takes Job at Affiliate New Hanover Regional Medical Center
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Pender Memorial Hospital,David Long) David Long is leaving his post as administrator of 39-bed Pender Memorial Hospital in Burgaw, N.C., to accept a position at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington N.C., according to a report ...
21. Three North Carolina Health Systems to Battle Over Three ORs in State CON Process
(Matching tags: North Carolina,CON,Duke University Health System,WakeMed Health,UNC Health Care) Three large Health systems in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., will have to fight over a state quota of three new ORs for the area, according to a report by the Triangle Business Journal.
22. Investment-Rating Institutions Renew N.C. Baptist's Strong Bond Ratings
(Matching tags: North Carolina,bond ratings,Moodys,Wake Forest University,N.C. Baptist Hospital,S&P) Standard & Poor's and Moody's have both reaffirmed strong bond ratings for North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, a major financial component of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, ...
23. New CEO at St. Luke's Hospital in North Carolina Reveals Plans to Newspaper
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Kenneith Shull) Kenneth Shull, the new CEO of the hospital of St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C., said his first job is ensuring the hospital has solid finances, according to a report by the Hendersonville Times-News. ...
24. Duke University Hospital: 18 Statistics and Facts
(Matching tags: Duke University Hospital,North Carolina,statistics,surgeries,inpatients) Here are 18 statistics and facts about Duke University Hospital. Note: Figures are for Duke University Hospital, hospital-based clinics and DUMC outpatient locations for fiscal year 2009 unless otherwise ...
25. North Carolina Baptist Hospital Reports $53.8M Loss for FY2009
(Matching tags: North Carolina,financials) North Carolina Baptist Hospital and its affiliates report a $53.8 million loss for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, 2009, compared with a $14.6 million loss in fiscal 2008, according to a report ...
26. Pay for Executives at Carolinas HealthCare, Novant Health Stable in 2009
(Matching tags: executive compensation,Carolinas HealthCare,North Carolina,Novant Health) Compensation in 2009 for executives at the two leading health-care systems in Charlotte, N.C. — including salary, bonuses and other benefits — changed little from the year before, according to a report ...
27. UNC Hospitals Executive Todd Peterson to Retire After 20 Years in Post
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Todd Peterson,UNC Hospital) Todd Peterson, executive vice president and chief operating officer of UNC Hospitals, will retire on June 30, according to a release from UNC Hospitals.
28. North Carolina Hospital to Reorganize
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Lexington Memorial Hospital) Lexington (N.C.) Memorial Hospital, a subsidiary of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has announced plans to reorganize, according to a report by The Dispatch.
29. North Carolina's Duke Raleigh Hospital Continues Expansion Plans
(Matching tags: North Carolina,expansion,Duke Raleigh Hospital) Duke University Health System is continuing plans to transform Duke Raleigh (N.C.) Hospital from a community hospital to a speciality medical campus, including renovations and new technology, according ...
30. Two North Carolina Health Systems File Appeal Against State’s Decision to Allow Both Systems to Build New Hospitals in Hoke County
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Hoke County,FirstHealth,Cape Fear Valley Health) Cape Fear Valley Health System, based in Fayetteville, N.C., and FirstHealth of the Carolinas, based in Pinehurst, N.C., have both filed legal appeals against the state’s decision to allow both systems ...
31. North Carolina's Mission Hospital Names Former Mayo Clinic Executive Carlton Rider Interim CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,North Carolina,Mission Hospital) Mission Hospital and Health System in Asheville, N.C., has named Carlton Rider, a former executive of Mayo Clinic, as its interim CEO and president, according to a release from the hospital.
32. North Carolina Physician Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud
(Matching tags: Medicare fraud,North Carolina,guilty plea,Janet Johnson-Hunter) Janet Johnson-Hunter, MD, of Jacksonville, N.C., pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal material facts in connection with the delivery and payment for healthcare benefits, items and services, according ...
33. CEO Named for North Carolina's MedWest Health System
(Matching tags: CEO,North Carolina,MedWest Health System) Mike Poore has been appointed CEO of MedWest Health System in Clyde, N.C., according to a release from Haywood Regional Medical Center, a hospital in the MedWest system.
34. North Carolina Hospital Names New CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,North Carolina,Kenneth Shull) St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, N.C., has named Kenneth A. Shull as its new CEO, according to a news release by Highland-Cashiers Hospital, Dr. Shull’s previous employer.
35. Novant Health, Wake Forest Reach Agreement on Hospitals
(Matching tags: hospitals,Novant Health,North Carolina,Wake Forest University) Novant Health and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have reached an agreement, which may lead to both institutions completing community hospitals four miles apart in Clemmons and Advance, N.C., ...
36. Two North Carolina Health Systems Get State Approval to Build New Hospitals
(Matching tags: North Carolina,FirstHealth of the Carolinas,Hoke County,Cape Fear Valley Health System) Cape Fear Valley Health System, based in Fayetteville, N.C., and FirstHealth of the Carolinas, based in Pinehurst, N.C., have received state approval to build new hospitals in and near Hoke County, N.C., ...
37. N.C. Physicians Object to Contract Changes by Blue Cross Blue Shield
(Matching tags: North Carolina,insurance,Blue Cross Blue Shield,North Carolina Medical Society,contract) The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance ...
38. North Carolina Hospital CFO Resigns
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Moses Cone Health System,Beth Ward) Beth Ward, CFO of Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, N.C., has resigned to become executive vice president and chief financial officer of Wellmont Health System in Kingsport, Tenn., according to a ...
39. Six North Carolina Hospitals Owe State Health Plan $2.5M for Overcharges
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Wayne Memorial Hospital,state health plan,overcharging,Johnston Memorial Hospital) Six North Carolina hospitals owe the state's health plan, which is processed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and is supported by taxpayers, $2.5 million for overcharges, according to a ...
40. North Carolina Hospital Wins State Approval for $208M Expansion
(Matching tags: North Carolina,expansion,Moses Cone) The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greenboro, N.C., has won state approval for a $208.5 million expansion project that will feature larger ORs, patient rooms and ED space, according to a release from ...
41. Surgical Care Affiliates, WakeMed Discuss Potential Partnership
(Matching tags: North Carolina,partnership,WakeMed,Surgical Care Affiliates) Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed, a 870-bed, non-profit hospital and healthcare system, is exploring a potential partnership with Surgical Care Affiliates, which manages ASCs throughout the country, according ...
42. North Carolina Hospital CEO Resigns
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Joe Damore,Mission Hospital,Asheville) Joe Damore, CEO of Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., has resigned, effective Jan. 31, according to a report by WHKP Radio.
43. Two North Carolina Hospitals Merge to Form Single Health System
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Carolinas HealthCare System,WestCare Health System) Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., and WestCare Health System, based in Sylva, N.C., announced plans to merge into a single health system, according to a report by the Citizen-Times.
44. Debate Continues Over Proposed North Carolina Surgery Center
(Matching tags: hospitals,North Carolina,surgery center,Cape Fear Valley,FirstHealth of the Carolinas) Officials from Cape Fear Valley Health System are opposing plans from FirstHealth of the Carolinas to build a new ambulatory surgery center in Hoke County, N.C., saying the population of the county can ...
45. GAO Report Finds Tens of Thousands of Cases of Medicaid Fraud in Five States
(Matching tags: California,New York,Illinois,North Carolina,Medicaid fraud,Texas,GAO,controlled substances) ... of controlled substances or both in five states — California, Illinois, New York, North Carolina and Texas. ...
46. Cary Urology Wins Bid to Build North Carolina Prostate Cancer Center
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Cary Urology,UNC Hospitals,prostate cancer center) Beating out facilities such as UNC Hospitals, Cary (N.C.) Urology was given approval from the North Carolina Division of Health Services to build a $9.85 million prostate cancer center in Raleigh, N.C., ...
47. UNC Healthcare Receives Conditional Approval for New Hospital
(Matching tags: North Carolina,new hospital,UNC HealthCare) The State of North Carolina has given conditional approval to UNC Healthcare to build a new hospital in Hillsborough, N.C., according to a report by the Business Journal of the Greater Triad. ...
48. Durham Regional Hospital Names Chief Nursing Officer
(Matching tags: North Carolina,Durham Regional Hospital,chief nursing officer) Victoria Orto, RN, has been named chief nursing officer at 369-bed Durham (N.C.) Regional Hospital, according to a report by the Triangle Business Journal.
49. CEO of North Carolina Hospital System Leaves Post
(Matching tags: CEO,North Carolina,Johnston Health,dismissal) The board of commissioners of Johnston Health in Smithfield, N.C., has relieved CEO Kevin Rogols of his duties, according to a report by WRAL.
50. North Carolina Hospital Names New CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,North Carolina,Sandhills Regional,Michael Davis) Michael Davis has been named CEO of 49-bed Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet, N.C., according to a report by the Richmond County Daily Journal.

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