Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Hospital may partner with the city government to turn its West Moreno Street Campus into 214 affordable housing units as the hospital plans to relocate to Brent Lane next year, Pensacola News Journal reported Nov. 22.
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Are payers pushing procedures to ASCs?
Two leaders joined Becker’s to discuss whether payers are pushing procedures to ASCs and other outpatient settings.
SSM Health reports $484M loss amid excess costs, investment problems
St. Louis-based SSM Health, which operates 23 hospitals and over 300 physician locations across four states, has revealed losses totaling over $484 million for the nine months ending Sept. 30. That figure compares with a net income of $447.5 million fo…
Low demand forces Pennsylvania hospital to cut emergency surgery
Geisinger Jersey Shore (Pa.) Hospital has cut emergency surgery from its service list due to low demand, PennLive reported Nov. 20.
Top health tech CTOs of 2022, per Healthcare Technology Report
Chief technology officers play a big role in the increasingly tech-driven world of healthcare. Here are the top 25 chief technology officers at health tech companies for 2022, according to market researcher Healthcare Technology Report.
California law subsidizes cost of health insurance for striking workers
A new California law slated to take effect in July provides workers at private employers and their family members with continued access to health coverage during a strike.
7 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
The following hospital and health system CEO moves have been reported by Becker’s since Nov. 15:
Bon Secours Mercy Health president sets retirement
Brian Smith, president and chief operating officer of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, has made plans to retire Dec. 31.
Prospect Medical Holdings offloading 2 hospitals to nonprofit
The Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization, has inked an asset purchase agreement to acquire the CharterCare Health Partners system from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings.
Stanford researchers to test Paxlovid as a long COVID-19 treatment
Researchers from Stanford (Calif.) University are enrolling 200 participants in a phase 2 study to see if Paxlovid could be used to treat the millions of Americans experiencing long COVID-19, according to a Nov. 21 entry on clinicaltrials.gov.
