Catholic Healthcare West has appointed Michael Taylor to be senior vice president of operations for the Greater Sacramento-San Joaquin Service area, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.
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Frederick H. Kuriger has been named CEO of Harris, N.Y.-based Catskill Regional Medical Center, which is part of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System.
The American College of Cardiology Foundation has recently released revised guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention, according to ACC news releases.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center was asked to “review the acquisition” of Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J., but has decided not to partake in the opportunity, according to a Montclair Times report. The 365-bed Mountainside is currently owned by Merit…
Memorial Health System, based in Marietta, Ohio, has named Eric Young CFO and vice president of finance, according to an MD News report.
Nine hospitalists submitted their resignations to Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System last week, citing administrative interference in medical decisions as the reason for their departure, according to a Patriot-News report. The hospitalists were led by Michael Hildren, MD, who said the…
As Porterville, Calif.-based Sierra View District Hospital narrows down its CEO search to two finalists, it is expected the salary of the new hospital leader could range between $282,000 and $394,000, according to a Porterville Recorder report.
Roosevelt Hairston Jr., the former general counsel and executive vice president of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to four years in prison after he embezzled $1.7 million from the organization, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report. In…
The commissioners of Jefferson Healthcare Hospital in Port Townsend, Wash., have unanimously approved an affiliation with Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, according to a Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader report. The deal will go into effect Dec. 1. A…
Growth rates in Medicare claim costs increased at an annual rate of 1.97 percent over the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2011, an all-time low, according to a Standard & Poor's news release (pdf).