Greg Flicek has been named CFO of Scotland Health in Laurinburg, N.C., according to a May 11 news release. Prior to his new role, Mr. Flicek founded the Healthcare Finance Center, where he developed benchmarking and analytics platforms to help…
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Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Ind., has issued a second breach notice to Anthem tied to ongoing claim payment disputes. CEO Brenda Reetz said the estimated underpayment exposure exceeds $8.3 million. Five things to know: 1. The hospital said…
Innovation consortium Longitude Health has named Ian Spier as CFO. Mr. Spier most recently served as a senior vice president at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, where he led strategic growth, corporate development and venture investments, according to a May 14…
HHS is asking the nation’s hospitals to serve healthier food and directed them this spring to align their menus with new federal nutrition guidelines. But a new CMS response obtained by Becker’s suggests the pressure may be less intense than…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has named Bryan Harris, MD, executive vice president of its shared clinical services division, effective July 1. Dr. Harris currently serves as associate professor of medicine and executive vice chair for clinical affairs and business development…
New York City-based Maimonides Health warned in a May 14 financial filing that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue operating within the next year amid ongoing financial pressures. “The medical center’s expenses continue to grow due to…
From the Oval Office to Congress, fraud has become one of the loudest rallying cries of the federal government’s healthcare agenda this year. Minnesota was an early target of the Trump administration’s healthcare fraud crackdown, but the scrutiny has since…
David Fletcher has been named vice president of the Guthrie Pulse Center, the virtual care arm of the Sayre, Pa.-based health system. Mr. Fletcher has recently served as system director of telemedicine for Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health and associate vice…
Holy Cross Medical Center plans to launch a new Meditech Expanse EHR system and patient portal June 1 across its hospital and clinic network. The transition is part of a multiyear project aimed at improving care coordination, communication and patient…
Anthropic has committed $200 million in grant funding and other uses of its Claude chatbot to the Gates Foundation, with a focus on healthcare. The AI startup will dedicate resources to creating new drugs and vaccines and helping governments better…