Since taking on the role of CEO in January 2025, Erik Wexler has openly addressed Providence’s headwinds by taking several decisive actions to ensure financial sustainability: placing a freeze on nonclinical hiring, laying off about 4% of Portland, Ore.-based Providence…
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Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare is eliminating about 100 positions at eight Illinois hospitals it acquired from St. Louis-based Ascension earlier this year. “As we continue to offer and create opportunities, we are also evaluating alignment with best practices and support…
Nearly 40% of American hospitals operate with negative margins, and while efforts to optimize revenue have accelerated in recent years, cost containment continues to lag. Healthcare organizations have made commendable strides in improving documentation and coding, reversing denials, aligning reimbursement…
Giant Eagle is taking over the prescriptions from 78 Rite Aid pharmacies across Pennsylvania and Ohio as Rite Aid shutters locations following its bankruptcy filing, CBS News reported June 6. The regional grocer and pharmacy chain announced last week it…
A pharmacy leader at Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health will become the first chief pharmacy officer of University of Maryland Medical System, based in Baltimore, on July 21. Andre Harvin, PharmD, currently serves as Cone Health’s chief pharmacy officer and vice…
David Masterson has been appointed president of Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va., effective in July. Mr. Masterson has served as president of Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Va., since 2021, according to a June 4 news release…
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Mailed self-collection kits improved cervical cancer screening rates among racial or ethnic minority populations, according to a study published June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. For the study, researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 2,474 patients at a safety-net…
In April, Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham added oncology care to its Home Hospital program to alleviate capacity issues within acute care facilities, while also providing a way for cancer patients to benefit from remaining close to their support systems…
A physician leader at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is joining Cleveland-based University Hospitals as physician-in-chief and chair of the medicine department, according to a June 9 news release. Igho Ofotokun, MD, currently serves as co-director of the Emory Center for AIDS…