Cris Rivera, FACHE, has been named CEO of HCA-affiliated Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas.
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Jim Sexton, CEO of Henry Ford Wyandotte (Mich.) Hospital, has retired, effective Nov. 16, according to a report by the Wyandotte Patch.
Hillside Hospital in Pulaski, Tenn., has named Jeff Jennings, FACHE, CEO.
Steven Harris, CEO of Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., has announced he will retire, effective Dec. 31.
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Hospitals seeking a Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program payment for fiscal year 2012 have until Nov. 30 to complete their online registration and attestation, according to an AHA News Now report.
Out of the physician workforce, the portion of independent physicians has dropped from 57 percent in 2000 to a projected 36 percent in 2013, according to a report from American Medical News.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have said they will not set up state-based insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, meaning the federal government will have to step in to run the exchanges…
More employers are incentivizing workers with bonuses, waived deductibles and paid travel expenses if they receive surgery at a select hospital that charges a fixed price for the procedure, according to a Los Angeles Times report.