Category: Leadership & Management

U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, MD, was sworn in as the new director of Bethesda, Md.-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center July 5.

In a break from most hospitals’ stance on mandating staffing standards, Penn Medicine is urging state legislators to pass a bill that would require hospitals to follow minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. 

“We’ve all had to make tough decisions,” wrote Terry Shaw, president and CEO of AdventHealth in a July 6 LinkedIn post. “Sometimes we might even look back and wonder whether we did the right thing.” 

Cliff Megerian, MD, serves as CEO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals, and he brings many influences to the role, from books to the TV series M*A*S*H.  

The CEO Forum Group, a media and marketing company focused exclusively on CEOs, recently released its latest list of the “Top 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America.” 

Contract executives — also known as “CXOs” — are gaining popularity as an alternative to permanent leadership appointments, according to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal.

Stephen Ferrara, DNP, has been selected as the new president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

U.S. healthcare entities are required to track all non-monetary compensation (i.e., gifts) to affiliated providers and ensure that the total value of these gifts does not exceed the annual limit provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. …

Pay is one perk of becoming a healthcare CEO, but it takes time and dedication to reap. 

Primary care may be the bedrock of the U.S. healthcare system, but it is in crisis as increasing numbers of physicians suffer from burnout on the “volume-based hamster wheel,” according to a June 29 Harvard Business Review article.