Leadership & Management

The new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, which will be part of University of Michigan Health System, will add 500 new employees by the time it opens in November, according to a health system news release.

The planned three-bed Black River Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., which uses Surgery Center of Poplar Bluff as a foundation for renovations, will quickly be expanded to 100-150 beds, according to a Daily American Republic news report.

Unite Here, a national labor union based in New York, has agreed to issue a formal apology and a $6 million settlement to Sacramento-based Sutter Health after six years of accusing the health system of using dirty linens in its…

Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System, which may be acquired by insurer Highmark under a recent proposal, saw its Standard & Poor’s credit rating move from negative to “developing” this week, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. The proposed affiliation…

California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, part of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, is offering fewer community benefits than Mayor Ed Lee requested in exchange for approval to build a new hospital, according to a Bay Citizen report.

Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System is facing allegations that it violated state law when it held closed-door meetings to discuss a consultant’s report earlier this year, according to a news report from The Californian. The National Union of Healthcare…

Taxable rates have become attractive, in part due to the low interest rate environment, but also because banks are getting more aggressive and tax-exempt debt simply isn't what it used to be.

Sentara Healthcare, based in Norfolk, Va., has posted a 50 percent increase in operating income from 2009 to 2010, according to a Virginian-Pilot news report.

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Sisters of Mercy Health Care plans to spend $236 million in capital improvements over the next eight years, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., will build a medical clinic in Irondale, Ala., to settle a lawsuit between the hospital and the city of Irondale, according to a Birmingham Business Journal report.