The interest of Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., in acquiring The Westerly (R.I.) Hospital is part of a strategy to strengthen L&M's position in the market, according to a Westerly Sun report.
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For roughly 35 years, Vince Schmitz has held various financial leadership positions at hospitals and health systems in California and Washington, and for the past 11 years, he has fortified Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System's balance sheet as CFO.
Here are nine emergency department expansions announced in the past month that are designed to increase capacity for growing patient volumes. The expansions are listed in reverse chronological order.
A physician from Wichita, Kan., and his company, EECP Heart Center of Kansas, have agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations of submitting false Medicare claims, according to a Kansas City Star report.
A director at Princeton (N.J.) HealthCare System has been fired and arrested for allegedly embezzling roughly $186,000 from the non-profit organization, according to a Times of Trenton report.
Community hospitals are the lifeblood of most of the communities they serve. They usually are a major employer, if not the largest employer, and people generally look to them as a source of stability — knowing that if something bad…
Steven Corwin, MD, has served as CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System in New York City since June 2011.
Sutter Amador Hospital in Jackson, Calif., is opening a new emergency department wing, according to a TSPN report.
Robert C. Garrett has led Hackensack University Medical Center as president and CEO since November 2009. Before assuming his spot at the helm, Mr. Garrett served as HUMC's executive vice president and COO from 1986 onward, but his tenure with…
The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, S.C., is beginning a pilot project to reduce length of stay in its nephrology department, according to a Times and Democrat report.