Rachel Sloan has been appointed COO of St. David’s Georgetown (Texas) Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Ms. Sloan said she is excited to return to the community where she grew up, according to a June 1 LinkedIn post.…
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Dustin Pierce, RN, has been appointed COO of Orlando Health South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Fla., effective June 1. In the role, Mr. Pierce will provide executive oversight of hospital operations and support the development and execution of programs and…
Massachusetts has the strongest economy of any U.S. state, according to a June 1 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub developed the list by comparing all 50 states and Washington, D.C., across metrics focused on economic activity, economic health…
Jeff Sandene, executive vice president and CFO of Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health, began his new role June 1 as president and CEO of the system, according to a LinkedIn post. Mr. Sandene was initially expected to succeed Dave Ramsey in…
Tamara Perry, MD, has been appointed senior vice president and chief research officer of Little Rock-based Arkansas Children’s and president of the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, effective July 1. Dr. Perry has been part of Arkansas Children’s and the Arkansas…
Ahead of Becker's ASC: Kathy Saunders on Denials, Underpayments and Scaling RCM in Orthopedics
In a recent webinar conversation, Kathy Saunders, SVP of RCM at Redefine Healthcare, discussed how denials, payer behavior, underpayments and staffing pressure are reshaping RCM for provider groups running on athenahealth. For orthopedic organizations preparing for growth, her comments on…
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian has opened applications for the 2026 cycle of its Community Fund, the health system’s largest grant program for community-based organizations, with $2.1 million budgeted for the round. The program will award at least seven two-year grants…
Peter Banko wrote a book about firing people. He will be the first to tell you it isn’t really about that. The subject that drove the president and CEO of Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health to sit down in 2024 and…
The University of Cincinnati, UC Health, Cincinnati Children’s, GE HealthCare and JobsOhio have opened a new imaging research and development center on the university’s medical campus. The facility houses a GE HealthCare 3T wide-bore MRI scanner and is one of…
An implanted radiation device has improved tumor control and overall survival compared with standard radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed operable brain metastases, according to phase 3 clinical trial data presented May 30 at the American Society of Clinical…