Leadership & Management

Bellevue, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is considering a plan to relocate its back-office functions, including accounting, finance, information technology, health care information management, patient financial services and payroll, to a central location, possibly in Clark County, to better serve patients, according to…

States may be forced to slash Medicaid reimbursements yet more next year, after generous federal enhancements are due to end, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta has named Leslie Donahue as its new president and CEO effective July 12, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Payment cuts and givebacks in the first three years of health reform will harm hospitals' margins and limit their ability to reduce bad debt, according to a release by Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services.

With shrinking margins and competing priorities for capital and technology purchases, hospitals should implement several best practices when determining budget outlays, according to a new ECRI Institute white paper.

Following the disclosure that Saints Medical Center in Lowell, Mass. may be on the hook for $14.5 million for potential Stark Law violations, Fitch Ratings revised its rating on $51 million of the hospital's revenue bonds to "evolving" from "positive,"…

An affiliation between Lenox Hill Hospital will not only bring North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System into Manhattan, but will also expand the system's reach in Queens, according to a report in The Queens Courier.

The American Hospital Association has asked the Internal Revenue Service to improve Schedule H to allow hospitals to report their community benefit on a consolidated basis, according to a report in AHA News Now.

Moody's Investor Service has downgraded Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health Systems' bond rating from B1 to Ba3, affecting $758 million Series 2007 fixed-rate bonds, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Ill., has named Earl Sheehy as its new CEO, according to a report on Pantagraph.com.