Category: Leadership & Management

AMN Healthcare CEO to retire

Susan Salka, president and CEO of Coppell, Texas-based medical staffing firm AMN Healthcare, plans to retire by the end of 2022. 

New Jersey hospital CEO, former state health commissioner picked by Biden for VA role

Shereef Elnahal, MD, president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J., and former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, is President Joe Biden’s pick for undersecretary for health for the Veterans Health Administration …

$15B in COVID-19 relief funds pulled from government spending package

Facing opposition within their own party, Democratic leaders pulled $15.6 billion in emergency COVID-19 funding from a $1.5 trillion government funding package, The Hill reported March 9. 

Maryland health system board chair abruptly resigns

James “Chip” DiPaula Jr. resigned March 9 as chairman of University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, according to The Baltimore Sun.

MyMichigan Health CEO Dr. Diane Postler-Slattery, husband die in plane crash

Diane Postler-Slattery, PhD, MSN, president and CEO of Midland-based MyMichigan Health, and her husband, Don, died in a plane crash in northwest Florida on March 8, according to the health system.

New school to train healthcare leaders opens in Boston

The MGH Institute of Health Professions, a graduate school founded by Boston-based Mass General Brigham, is launching a healthcare leadership school and new academic programs.

Omega Healthcare Acquires Reventics, a Physician Focused CDI and RCM Company Expands capability in AI based clinical documentation improvement

BOCA RATON, FL, February 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Omega Healthcare, a leading healthcare management solutions partner supporting the broad healthcare ecosystem, today announced its acquisition of Reventics, a Denver, CO based company.

Washington hospital’s interim CEO defends record amid scrutiny

Michael Layfield, who was appointed interim CEO of Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth in late February, is trying to set the record straight on his career. 

27 thoughts on leadership from women in healthcare

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, Becker’s Hospital Review asked women in the healthcare industry to share their insights on leadership.

Lawmakers begin probe on Eric Lander’s misconduct

A month after President Joe Biden’s top science adviser resigned amid allegations of misconduct, some lawmakers are beginning to investigate what occurred.