Category: Becker’s Hospital Review

HCA Midwest taps CFO for 2 hospitals 

Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health has named Steve Sahr CFO of Lee’s Summit (Mo.) Medical Center and Belton (Mo.) Regional Medical Center.

UCHealth's $407M hospital expansion: 6 things to know

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth plans to nearly double the size of Memorial Hospital North in Colorado Springs.

UCLA Health nurse exec heads to New Orleans hospital

LCMC Health’s Touro hospital in New Orleans has named Quanna Batiste-Brown, DNP, RN, as its new chief nursing officer, effective Dec. 2. 

Duke to acquire CHS hospital for $280M

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has signed a definitive agreement to sell Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, N.C., to Duke University Health System. 

Lawmakers push for insurers to divest pharmacies: 6 notes

Federal lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Dec. 11 that would forbid the parent companies of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from also owning pharmacy businesses. 

Ohio system names president, COO

Lynn Carpenter, vice president and COO of Lima (Ohio) Memorial Health System, will become president and COO Jan. 1.

Texas hospital names interim CEO

Mike Easley has been named interim CEO of Stephens Memorial Hospital in Breckenridge, Texas.

Children's Mercy names new CEO

Alejandro Quiroga, MD, has been appointed president and CEO of Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.), effective Jan. 2.

RWJBarnabas executive to return after Senate stint

Sen. George Helmy will return to West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health after a short term in the U.S. Senate.

CEOs' healthcare perceptions: 4 survey findings

While some chief executives across industries see limited business opportunities in healthcare following the U.S. presidential election, others view it as a moderate risk, according to the latest Fortune/Deloitte survey.