The Medical Board of California is warning physicians of scam artists impersonating law enforcement officers, Drug Enforcement Agency agents or the medical board staff.
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Court approves health system’s sale of 2 Illinois hospitals
El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health System’s sale of two of two hospitals to Princeton, N.J.-based Ramco Healthcare Holdings and Resilience Healthcare was approved Nov. 29 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, subje…
Southeast hospitals watch for more potential tornadoes
After severe weather in the Southeast turned into tornadoes late in the afternoon on Nov. 29, hospitals in Mississippi and Arkansas braced for potential impact but didn’t report changes in care coordination.
Kaiser Permanente names CEO of new Colorado, Washington unit
Kaiser Permanente named Paul Minardi, MD, executive vice president and CEO of KP Medical Foundation, a new entity for the system’s Colorado and Washington state markets created through a restructuring earlier this year.
Billings Clinic CFO to step down
Priscilla Needham will step down as CFO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic, according to a statement shared with Becker’s on Nov. 29.
Blount Memorial deal on hold amid reputational concerns, CEO says
The real estate investment trust planning to buy a Blount Memorial Hospital location in Eastern Tennessee has cooled on the deal because of concerns about its national reputation, the hospital’s CEO said at a special meeting Nov. 29.
Some California hospitals fail to comply with charity care transparency law: report
In January, a law went into effect in California requiring hospitals to post their financial assistance policies on their websites. More than nine months later, some still had not complied, the Los Angeles Times reported Nov. 29.
Piedmont physician accepts new CEO role
Lily Henson, MD, was named president and CEO of the Piedmont Augusta (Ga.) Hub.
5 new single-specialty ASCs in November
Here are five newly opened or announced single-specialty ASCs reported on by Becker’s since Nov. 2:
Physicians suing HCA’s Mission Health over noncompete agreements
Two North Carolina physicians who have accepted new roles within UNC Health Care’s Pardee system are suing Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, alleging they were “threatened” with noncompete legal action, the Asheville Citizen Times repo…
