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Janice Walker, DHA, BSN, RN, joined Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health as senior vice president and chief nursing officer in January, a newly created role built to help unify nursing practice and professional development across all of UF Health. Dr. Walker…

San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Dignity Community Care filed a lawsuit against Gold Coast Health Plan Aug. 24, alleging more than $30 million in unpaid bills. The Dignity entities, under Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, include St. John’s hospitals in Ventura County,…

Greg Schwarz has been named San Francisco-based Dignity Health’s market vice president of strategy and growth for Southern California, according to a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Schwarz served as vice president of business development…

From The Village Health agreeing to pay more than $500 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act, to a Georgian national indicted for his role in an alleged $1.3 billion scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is licensing its internally developed workforce forecasting technology to Trusted Health, which plans to make the tool available to other hospitals and health systems. Mayo’s CareCast technology uses historical staffing information, patient volume trends and operational…

Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Health has signed a three-year, $1.5 million agreement to become the naming sponsor of Onondaga County’s new aquarium. The venue will be called the Crouse Health Harborview Aquarium when it opens, per a late August news release.…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has received a $50 million gift that will establish the Middleman Center at Penn Medicine and launch a new fund. The Middleman Fund is designed to support scientific discoveries at Penn Medicine, including early-stage research in cancer,…

Pittsburgh-based UPMC will increase its paid parental leave benefit to four weeks effective Jan. 1, 2027, a system spokesperson said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The benefit applies to all eligible employees systemwide, the spokesperson said. UPMC introduced a…

Bryce Cordle, BSN, RN, has been appointed CEO of Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, effective in October. Mr. Cordle will succeed April Bennett, MSN, RN, who is planning to retire, according to a Sept. 3 hospital news release.…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University’s MBA program has the largest share of alumni that went on to become a CEO, according to the “Mid-year Volatility Report” from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates. The executive recruiting firm tracks the backgrounds and…