Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., has released CEO Linda Smith from her duties, according to a Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal report.
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The American Medical Association has elected Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, Ky., as president-elect.
Camden (N.J.) GPS, part of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, is seeking to become an accountable care organization under a new law in New Jersey allowing for Medicaid ACOs, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
The number of uninsured Massachusetts residents that need to pay a tax penalty for not having health insurance continues to fall, according to a Boston Herald report.
If the Supreme Court overturns parts or all of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republicans will likely roll out smaller health reform proposals of their own in the coming months, according to a Kaiser News report.
CMS has said it will delay implementation of a new requirement that hospital boards include a medical staff member but will reconsider the requirement in future rulemaking, according to an AHA News Now report.
The Obama administration will likely move ahead to implement major elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if the Supreme Court strikes down the individual coverage mandate of the law, according to a Washington Post report.
Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health System and Brown University have signed an affiliation agreement to strengthen ties between Women & Infants and Butler Hospitals and Brown's Alpert Medical School.
Bernadette Spong has served as CFO of Rex Healthcare based in Raleigh, N.C., since 2005, acting as a driving force behind the 660-bed health system's strong portfolio and operations.
Employees at two hospitals within San Francisco-based Dignity Health, formerly Catholic Healthcare West, have notified administration they may hold a three-day strike beginning June 26, according to a Lompoc Record report.