Leadership & Management

Tidelands Health in Georgetown, S.C., and Grand Strand Health in Myrtle Beach, S.C., have requested waivers that would allow the facilities to defy a mandatory evacuation and remain open during Hurricane Irma.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee, expects to finish drafting a healthcare stabilization bill "within 10 days," according to CNN.

The lack of board oversight at Sebastopol, Calif.-based Sonoma West Medical Center jeopardized management, operations, patient safety and the financial status of the facility, according to a CMS report naming 13 deficiencies at the hospital, the Sonoma West Times &…

The move to an ACO model disrupts decades of process and infrastructure designed to support fee-for-service care.

According to a recent press release, Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) is pleased to announce its management of Arkansas Continued Care Hospital of Jonesboro, a 44-bed long-term acute care hospital, or LTACH, located in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  

Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health System, was COO of the New Orleans-based system when Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the area in 2005.

State insurance commissioners testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee Wednesday, while governors went before the same group Thursday. Both groups encouraged lawmakers to fund cost-sharing reductions subsidies.

NYC Health & Hospitals is expanding its children's mental health programs to address environmental factors, such as poverty and violence, that can have long-lasting effects on the mental health of children and adolescents, according to The New York Times.

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., closed its patient accounts department, resulting in 17 layoffs, according to a Valley News report.

Though it seemed Republican ACA repeal efforts were dormant, a new reform proposal from Sen. Lindesy Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., has garnered support from President Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., according to The Hill.