Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is making changes to its leadership structure amid 761 job cuts. “We are recalibrating our leadership structure to reduce administrative layers and better align with industry best practices, which means that some Wellstar leaders’ roles…
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named three executives to new CEO roles across its West Florida Division, according to a July 30 LinkedIn post published from Regional CEO Jennifer Wandersleben. William Villegas was named CEO of AdventHealth Dade City (Fla.).…
Utah has the highest share of hospitals with five stars under CMS’ Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings system, a Becker’s analysis shows. CMS updated its star ratings on May 13. Of the 3,182 hospitals rated nationally, 384 received five stars.…
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Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System has brought back roughly 400 former colleagues over the past year — a figure now representing more than 10% of annual new hires. Thomas Ahr, senior vice president and chief human resources officer of…
The Health Resources and Services Administration has revised its 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program, establishing a voluntary pathway for qualifying drug manufacturers to provide 340B ceiling prices through rebates rather than upfront discounts for a limited group of covered outpatient…
When I read the recent Becker’s Hospital Review brief, “Rural hospital CEO sees ‘no hope in the rural health transformation funds,'” I understood the frustration behind the headline. For decades, rural hospitals have been asked to do more with less.…