Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s outlook has been revised to positive from stable, by Fitch. The raised outlook reflects the for-profit system’s improving competitive position, Fitch said in a Nov. 3 report. Tenet’s hospital and ambulatory care segments have posted “robust” EBITDA…
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Barry Jacobsen, CEO of Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, will retire at the end of the year after nearly three decades of leadership. His retirement will follow the completion of the medical center’s Harlan Rural Health Clinic expansion, expected…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has launched an EHR feature designed to help clinicians see patients as individuals, not just medical cases. The initiative, called “About Me,” invites patients to share personal details that appear directly in the health…
UPS said Nov. 3 it acquired Andlauer Healthcare Group, a cold chain transportation company that specializes in healthcare, for approximately $1.6 billion. The acquisition of the Canada-based company is one of several steps UPS has made into the healthcare industry.…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has named Dennis Shirley senior vice president of revenue cycle, according to his LinkedIn page. Mr. Shirley joins RWJBarnabas after more than six years at West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, where he served as…
Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., appointed John Quinlivan as CEO and named a new three-member board of trustees to guide its restructuring amid bankruptcy. The new board assumed leadership Oct. 31 and is tasked with guiding financial recovery, infrastructure repairs,…
Shriners Children’s, based in Tampa, Fla., has launched a new podcast, Pediatric Frontline, that will feature insights from the health system’s physicians, researchers and other specialists. Each 20-minute episode will include in-depth discussions of research, proven clinical techniques and patient…
California continues to face a mounting healthcare access crisis, especially in its underserved regions. The state averages just 230 primary healthcare physicians per 100,000 residents, well below the national benchmark of 284 set by the Health Resources and Services Administration.…
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based Ensign Group has acquired eight skilled nursing facilities in Utah and Alabama. The acquisitions have added 428 SNF beds to the group, according to a Nov. 3 news release. Here are the facilities: The Utah facilities…
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has tapped Kambiz Etesami, MD, as division chief of abdominal organ transplantation, according to a Nov. 3 news release. Dr. Etesami joined the hospital in 2017 and most recently served as director of abdominal organ transplantation…