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10 hospitals seeking CFOs

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

5 cities with the highest, lowest labor costs

Cleveland has been ranked the city with the lowest labor costs in 2022, according to a report from personal finance website WalletHub on the best large cities to start a business. 

Optum Q3 revenue jumps 17%: 4 notes

Optum’s third-quarter revenue is up 17 percent from the same quarter last year, reaching $46.6 billion, according to financial results released Oct. 14 by parent company UnitedHealth Group. 

HCA names CEO of Florida hospital

HCA North Florida Division named Chase Christianson as CEO of Panama City, Fla.-based HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital.

Economists expect recession, job losses by 2023

Leading economists say the U.S. will enter a recession in the coming 12 months as the Federal Reserve attempts to bring down high inflation, the economy contracts and employers cut jobs, according to an Oct. 16 report from The Wall Street Journal.

UP Health System-Marquette names chief medical officer

UP Health System-Marquette (Mich.) has tapped Lisa Long, MD, as its chief medical officer, the hospital said Oct. 17. 

$50M outpatient facility breaks ground in South Carolina

Roper St. Francis Healthcare has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot, two-story outpatient facility in Summerville, S.C.

Former Tenet CEO dies at 75 

Ronald Rittenmeyer, the former executive chair and CEO of Tenet Healthcare, died Oct. 11 at 75. 

Dallas physician pleads not guilty to allegations of tampering with IV bags at ASC 

Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, has pleaded not guilty to allegations he injected heart-stopping drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, Fox 4 KDFW reported Oct. 15. 

Hospital finances need ‘intensive care,’ Ohio leader says

Ohio Hospital Association president and CEO Mike Abrams said hospital finances “need intensive care to rebound from COVID-19,” in an Oct. 16 opinion piece published on Cleveland.com.