CMS will require hospitals to report performance on a patient malnutrition measure starting in 2028 under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The agency finalized the measure as part of its fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule…
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Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Adventist HealthCare, based in Gaithersburg, Md., seeks a vice president of revenue…
David Arnold has been named senior vice president and chief AI and data officer at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health. Mr. Arnold made the announcement in a Aug. 4 LinkedIn post. “I spent 8 years at HMH earlier in my…
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Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County Health System has promoted Trista Mullin to CFO, effective Aug. 4. Ms. Mullin, a lifelong Lewis County resident, began her career at the health system more than 20 years ago as a staff accountant, according to…
One of the owners of Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center and Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital has asked a judge to enforce a settlement that would sell the hospitals to Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health Systems for $1, the Chicago…
Oklahoma City-based Integris Health has named David Summers chief revenue officer, according to an Aug. 3 post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Summers joins Integris Health from Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, where he served as vice president and division controller,…