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OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio, has named Chris Truax CEO of Morrow County Hospital in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, according to a Columbus Business First report.
St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wash., part of the Franciscan Health System, has named Kurt Schley CEO, according to a Franciscan Health news release.
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey, Mich., has named Jennifer Woods, RN, MSN, CNML, CNO, according to a Northern Michigan news release.
Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, Ohio, has named Michael Caruso interim president and CEO for Ohio Valley Health Services & Education Corp., parent company of Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry,…
Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., has named John Brumsted, MD, president and CEO, according to a Fletcher Allen news release.
SSM Health Care-St. Louis, Mo., has named Lee Bernstein COO and regional executive vice president of hospital operations of its seven local Missouri hospitals, according to an SSM Health Care news release.
The government has recovered roughly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in fiscal year 2011 from healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 for Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates increased 9.5 percent from the same period in 2010 to a total of $30.8 million thanks in part to higher net revenue, according to a…
A couple is pushing for legislation that would require hospitals to pay for the treatment of all hospital-acquired infections, according to a Daily Progress report.