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Carleen Noreus, the Florida nursing school operator who pleaded guilty mid-trial in June to running a diploma-mill scheme, was sentenced Sept. 15 to 87 months in prison, according to a Sept. 16 report by the Miami Herald. The sentence, handed…

“Consumer” is a word some healthcare industry members resist, wary that it reduces patients to a transactional label. Heather Geisler, executive vice president and chief brand and experience officer of Henry Ford Health in Detroit, doesn’t share that hesitation.  “I…

SCAN Health Plan has emerged as a major Medicare Advantage partner for retailers, with Walmart now partaking in a co-branded plan. The health insurer and retailer are launching the plan in two states, according to a Sept. 16 SCAN news…

The biggest transformation budgets rarely buy the biggest gains in physician and nurse retention. Often the change that lands hardest is small, cheap and unglamorous — the daily rock in the shoe. Consider Phoenix-based Banner Health. Chief Clinical Officer Marjorie…

Most health systems have a story about an AI pilot that never went anywhere. The tool was promising. The vendor was convincing. The proof of concept checked out. And then — nothing. The project lingered, the costs accumulated, and the…

Fitch revised Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s rating outlook to negative from stable on Sept. 16, while affirming the health system’s “A-” rating.  The revision follows CommonSpirit’s financial results through the quarter ended March 31, which fell short of management’s internal margin…

A surgical team at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis successfully separated 2-year-old twin girls who were born conjoined at the head. The procedure, performed Feb. 24-25, took more than 24 hours from prep to close and…