More than 60 employees from East Ohio Regional Hospital recently approached the Martins Ferry Police Department with complaints, Police Chief Jerry Murphy told Becker’s. Mr. Murphy said the department is looking into the complaints, which are about not getting paid,…
St. Louis-based Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital’s board of directors voluntarily surrendered its hospital license March 17 to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, a spokesperson for DHSS confirmed with Becker’s. When a hospital surrenders its license, it…
Physician compensation is due for transformation as the traditional models based on fee-for-service payments and work relative value units misalign incentives and add unnecessary complexity. “[Fee for service] remains the dominant system in the U.S. paying physicians and hospitals a…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen was paid 391 times more than the health system’s median employee in 2024, according to a March 4 proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Hazen’s total compensation was $23,799,137…
In early March, Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health embarked on a joint venture with Kettering, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network to expand Baptist’s hospital at home services. Rick Carrico, CFO of Baptist Health, said during a Becker’s CFO+Revenue Cycle Podcast episode…
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Academic medical centers are reacting to the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research grants that cap reimbursements for indirect costs at 15%. Here’s what to know. 1. Though the cuts were temporarily blocked March 5 by a judge in…
Eleven hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Arkansas Children’s Hospital, based in Little Rock, seeks a vice president of…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems CEO Tim Hingtgen was paid 79 times more than the health system’s median employee in 2024, according to a proxy statement filed March 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Hingtgen’s 2024 compensation was…
Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital will reopen March 18 after it closed more than two years ago and sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2023, The Fresno Bee reported March 17. More than 900 healthcare workers were displaced when the…
