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Prime Healthcare gets credit rating upgrade
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Prime Healthcare Foundation’s rating on a series of bonds from “BBB” to “BBB+” with its rating outlook at stable.
Judy Faulkner's financial philosophy
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is happy when her employees don’t know what EBIDTA stands for.
Why HCA nurses are working from home
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is increasingly hiring nurses to work from home.
12 changes that would improve quality of care most, per providers
Clinicians said improving staffing ratios and increasing annual salary could have the biggest effect on quality of care for patients, according to an April 11 Soliant Health report.
Hawaii opens 1st-of-its-kind clinic in high school
Hawaii has unveiled the first high school-based clinic in the country, Hawaii News Now reported April 11.
New York hospital physician fired after maternal, infant deaths
A physician was fired, and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull was placed in immediate jeopardy, following two patient deaths in the hospital’s maternity ward, The New York Times reported April 11.
SSM Health market president heads to Dignity Health
Katherine Vergos, RN, was selected president of Dignity Health’s Las Vegas market and president and CEO of the Siena Hospital Campus in Henderson, Nev.
ProMedica partnership eliminating $222M in medical debt
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica is partnering with RIP Medical Debt to relieve $222 million in medical debt for more than 108,000 patients.
Average physician compensation, by region
Physicians in West North Central states such as Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota reported the highest earning compensation last year, while physicians in Mid-Atlantic states such as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania reported the lowest…
29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation
On average, U.S. physicians’ total annual compensation grew by about 3% from 2022 ($352,000) to 2023 ($363,000), with specialized physicians earning more than $100,000 higher on average than primary care physicians.
