The board of directors of Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health System has approved a $151.8 million budget cut plan that will lay off nearly 1,500 employees starting in January 2013, according to a Shreveport Times report.
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Everyone agrees that the nation's health system is under severe pressure to provide the quality of care that Americans have come to expect at a price we can afford. But there's good news: Despite the ambiguity surrounding the Patient Protection…
James B. Cole has served as president and CEO of Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington since 1994.
Southbridge, Mass.-based Harrington HealthCare System is laying off 12 employees and freezing wages for its entire workforce of about 1,300 people, according to a Worcester Telegram report.
Mercy in Toledo, Ohio, is laying off 38 people and curbing hours for 20 other employees as part of a reorganization plan, according to a Toledo Blade report.
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The following hospital and/or health system job eliminations were announced within the past month. They are listed by the number of employees or positions affected.
Most leaders within the healthcare industry acknowledge that sweeping changes in care delivery are coming, and many hospitals and health systems have already begun to prepare for them. Reimbursement shifts away from fee-for-service and toward value-based payments are, perhaps more…
Dereesa Reid went through two major transitions in the past year: She moved 1,200 miles from western Texas to California and also became the COO of Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif. She says both of the transitions went well,…
In a recent study it was concluded that the U.S. healthcare system should employ simple solutions that will improve patient care and save costs due to poorly managed care transitions, which are currently contributing to high spending. As we begin…
At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Larry Cohen, MD, and Jordan Fowler, CEO of Frontier Healthcare Management Services, will give a presentation titled "Key Business and Clinical Issues for Endoscopy Centers."