Epic’s approach to maintaining its position atop the KLAS rankings has been rooted in consistency rather than reinvention, according to founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. For the 16th consecutive year, Epic was named the top Overall Health System Suite by…
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San Francisco-based Dignity Health is laying off 139 employees across two Southern California hospitals, according to June 29 regulatory filings. The layoffs affect 57 employees at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and 82 employees at California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles.…
Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital’s board of directors approved a plan to close its obstetric service line, which includes the BMH Birthing Center, in the next six to nine months. While no final closure date has been revealed, the hospital’s leadership…
Raquel Belforti, DO, has been appointed regional executive dean of UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus in Springfield, Mass., and chief academic officer of Springfield-based Baystate Health. In her dual role, Dr. Belforti will oversee all aspects of the UMass Chan-Baystate…
More than 150 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and hundreds more are operating on thin margins that leave them vulnerable to even modest revenue or cost structure disruptions, according to a June white paper from law firm Barnes &…
Medical City Dallas has named Tabitha South, DNP, RN, as its new chief nursing executive, according to a July 6 news release. Dr. South brings 28 years of nursing leadership experience to the role. She most recently served as chief…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health filed two certificate-of-need applications June 15 with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to increase construction costs for its Duke Health Cary (N.C.) expansion while also seeking to build a new freestanding emergency…
House Democrats introduced a bill July 1 targeting Medicare Advantage overpayments. Under the bill, HHS would need to exclude or adjust diagnosis codes that “are most likely to be subject to coding variation by Medicare Advantage plans,” limiting possible upcoding.…
With cancer care growing beyond hospital walls and more cancer patients surviving than ever before, health systems in the U.S. are doubling down on their oncology infrastructure commitments. “Cancer care can no longer be designed around treatment alone. We must…
Tom Jensen, CEO of Aberdeen, Wash.-based Harbor Regional Health, will retire Aug. 7 following 16 years of service to the organization, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Jensen joined the organization in 2010 from Coulee…