Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Ind., released a comprehensive healthcare plan Sept. 19 that would establish a public option and create checks and balances for all healthcare stakeholders, including hospitals and health systems.
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Fairmont (W. Va.) Regional Medical Center laid off 25 employees Sept. 18 amid a decline in patients, according to TV station WDTV.
General election voters in three swing states do not support a bipartisan bill that caps insurance company payments for "surprise" medical bills, according to a poll memo obtained by The Hill from President Donald Trump's campaign team.
Cheverly-based University of Maryland Capital Region Health plans to eliminate 83 jobs, or about 3 percent of its 2,600-person workforce, on Oct. 25, according to the Washington Business Journal.
Officials from St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, Calif., called the police on unionized employees Sept. 17 as they sought to speak to CEO Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, according to a report from the Eureka Times-Standard.
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When female board members are present, male CEO tend to exhibit less overconfidence, according to a study published in the Journal of Empirical Finance.
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs during the past few weeks.
R. Lawrence Moss, MD, joined Nemours Children's Health System on Oct. 1, 2018. In his first year at Nemours, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based system was ranked in seven pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report, it welcomed its first class…
After decades of "brain drain," rural communities are set to start attracting more early- to mid-career workers, according to an op-ed in The New York Times from podcaster Sarah Smarsh.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma says an increase in the number of uninsured Americans between 2017-18 is the result of rising premiums and insufficient subsidies to buy health insurance under the ACA.