Methodist Hospital Atascosa in Jourdanton, Texas, has named Harpreet Sharma, MSN, its chief nursing officer and chief operating officer. In her dual role, Ms. Sharma will focus on advancing operational efficiencies, clinical quality and patient-centered care, according to a June…
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Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of Mount Airy-based Northern Regional Hospital has been approved by the Surry County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners. Under the agreement, Novant will acquire the 133-bed facility and its related facilities in Mount Airy, Novant…
Today, routine cancer screening in the U.S. is recommended for only four cancers: breast, colorectal, cervical and, for high-risk patients, lung. Yet nearly 70% of annual U.S. cancer cases and deaths come from cancers no broad guideline tells clinicians to…
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a Justice Department effort to obtain personal health information from adolescents who received gender-affirming care at Stanford Children’s Hospital in Palo…
Fairview Health Services will stop scheduling patients with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans effective Jan. 1, 2027. The Minneapolis-based health system said frequent coverage changes, denials and payment issues have made it harder for patients to access care. “We understand this change creates…
St. Louis-based Ascension appointed Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD, to its board of directors, effective June 3. Dr. Fowler most recently served as deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS, where she led value-based…
Todd LaPorte, CEO of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth, will transition from his role in March 2027 after more than 10 years of leadership. John Neil, MD, the system’s existing executive vice president, chief physician executive and chief strategy officer, will succeed…
Athens-based OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital named Lianne Dickerson, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. She has served as the hospital’s interim CNO since January, according to a June 16 system news release published in The Logan Daily News. “It has been an…
Hak Kim has been named CFO of Sayre, Pa.-based The Guthrie Clinic, effective in early July. Mr. Kim has more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience. He most recently served as executive vice president, CFO and president of AtlantiCare…
It has happened hundreds of times: I’m called into the ICU as a Palliative Care specialist, ask who the patient is and what matters most, and afterward a family member pulls me aside to say, “No one has ever had…