POSITION PRINCIPAL CHALLENGES:
The Latest
Many healthcare organizations are working to implement electronic health records to meet HITECH Act requirements and receive payments through CMS' Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Incentive Program. The process of implementing an EHR starts with choosing a…
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
CMS' final rule on hospital outpatient prospective payments include a number of minor changes relevant to physician-owned hospitals.
Physicians from Cook County Health and Hospitals System in Chicago are urging Cook County commissioners to approve the health system's budget, according to a WHFB report.
Kathryn Raethel has been appointed president and CEO of Castle Medical Center in Oahu, Hawaii, effective Dec. 5, according to an Adventist Health news release.
Over the past two years, the number of independent hospitals joining systems through full asset mergers has rapidly increased. According to Irving Levin Associates, the number of transactions is on track to top 100 deals in 2011, up from only…
Tom Jackiewicz, president and CEO of UC San Diego Health System, will resign in December, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.
Purcell (Okla.) Municipal Hospital has named Lisa Roberts COO, according to a Purcell Register report.
A jury has ordered Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, to pay $52 million to MRI Associates for violating a partnership agreement, according to a BusinessWeek report. This is the second time MRI Associates’ lawsuit against St. Alphonsus…