Leadership & Management

A no-confidence petition on the performance of San Joaquin General Hospital CNO Belva Snyder, RN, was recently delivered to San Joaquin County supervisors and hospital CEO David Culberson by nurses at the French Camp, Calif.-based facility, California Nurses Association/National Nurses…

John Bentson, MD, a neuroradiologist who developed an enhanced brain and spinal cord imaging device, died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 83 Dec. 28, The New York Times reported Feb. 12. 

Lorraine Lutton joined Mount Carmel Health System as president and CEO in April 2020, near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration on Feb. 12 will notify states it will begin the process of rolling back Medicaid work requirements, according to Politico. 

Tackling racial disparities in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging work and will take a multifaceted approach, Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, chair of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 health equity task force, said during a recent New York Times interview. 

Dr. James Stephens, former president and CEO of Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis hospital, died Feb. 4 at age 73, The Herald Bulletin reported Feb. 10. 

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold the ACA on Feb. 10, switching the federal government's stance in a case on whether the law should be invalidated.

President Joe Biden is assembling a task force to help guide efforts to address health and social inequities related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

State officials in Maine said they will strengthen efforts to ensure healthcare providers comply with COVID-19 vaccine eligibility requirements, according to local news source Maine Public.

Eight groups representing hospitals, physicians, insurers and employers called on Congress to support proposals to expand the ACA, according to a joint statement released Feb. 10.