Steven Ivy has been named CFO of five Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System hospitals, a spokesperson for the system confirmed Nov. 4 with Becker’s. The hospitals are: Bartow (Fla.) Regional Medical Center; South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City; Winter…
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Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt while it maintains normal operations. The hospital said it needed to restructure its debts because of a recent medical malpractice settlement, several threatened lawsuits…
Hospitals across the U.S. are seeking new CEOs as healthcare C-suites continue to evolve. Some organizations are eliminating individual hospital CEO roles in favor of regional leadership models, especially as health systems grow. Others have expanded hospital CEOs’ responsibilities in…
Ensemble Health Partners expanded its financial advocacy services nationwide to help health systems flag patients at risk of losing insurance coverage and guide eligible patients through state-specific Medicaid enrollment before the Jan. 1, 2027, federal deadline for new Medicaid eligibility…
Several hospital and health system CEOs have recently exited their roles, including through retirements and transitions to new organizations. CEO turnover has continued in 2026, with hospitals reporting 74 CEO exits through the first half of the year, up from…
Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health System is moving forward with plans to reopen Keokuk (Iowa) Area Hospital as a rural emergency hospital. The opening would be supported by $825,000 in federal funding through the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Healthcare Facilities program,…
A Des Plaines, Ill. man pleaded guilty to his role in a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme that billed the program for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits beneficiaries never requested or received. Syed Kablazada, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of…
A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces amid ongoing financial strain. Executives have cited a mix of factors, including lower reimbursement, rising labor and supply costs and the need to realign operations, as drivers of these…
Dallas-based Parkland Health’s hospital-at-home program costs about 30% less per episode than traditional inpatient care, according to a Nov. 5 report from the Irving (Texas) Journal. The figure comes from a February evaluation of the program. As of Aug. 17,…
CMS has delayed by two years its plan to stop paying for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendor staff. The start date moves from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 1, 2029, under the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician…