Michael Cuffe, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, will step down from his role effective Aug. 31, according to a June 18 SEC filing. “After a distinguished career dedicated to patient care and clinical…
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Will Condon has been appointed CEO of Pensacola, Fla.-based Ascension Sacred Heart Health System, effective July 1. Mr. Condon previously served as president and CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, where he led the hospital to become Northwest Florida’s only…
Virginia Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg have sued Mary Washington Healthcare Services, claiming the Fredericksburg, Va.-based health system engaged in a campaign to undermine the imaging provider through contract disputes, physician recruitment efforts and lease negotiations. According to…
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Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has filed certificate-of-need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for new hospitals in Wilmington and Asheville, the system said in two separate June 18 news releases. Here are five things…
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, a trade group for pharmacy benefit managers, filed lawsuits in June challenging Illinois and Tennessee pharmacy laws. PCMA raised Employee Retirement Income Security Act-based preemption counts targeting Illinois’ Prescription Drug Affordability Act. The law, signed…