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OSF HealthCare names interim president to medical center

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has named Erin Rogers interim president of its Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Ill., effective Sept. 26. 

The challenges, opportunities Henry Ford Health’s CEO is ready to tackle

When Bob Riney became president and CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, he brought with him more than four decades of experience at the organization.

Upstate New York hospital group warns of possible service cuts

Increasing labor costs and decreasing revenue could cause about 50 hospitals in upstate New York to cut services in the coming year, the CEO of a regional hospital association told lohud in a Sept. 26 report. 

CMS changes reduced outpatient overpayments: OIG 

CMS reduced outpatient overpayments given for patients receiving inpatient services in other facilities by updating their system, according to an audit from the HHS Office of Inspector General. 

Detroit Medical Center taps Lela Hickonbottom as chief nursing officer of rehab institute 

Detroit Medical Center appointed Lela Hickonbottom, DNP, RN, as chief nursing officer of its Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit Business reported Sept. 23. 

Ardent Health plans to relocate headquarters

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has filed a permit to downsize its headquarters in the spring, the Brentwood Home Page reported Sept. 26. 

Cincinnati Children’s taps vice president for health equity center

Robert Kahn, MD, has been promoted to vice president of Cincinnati Children’s and will lead its new Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center. 

Trinity Health hospital president leaves Michigan post for interim role in Georgia

David Spivey will leave Trinity Health St. Mary Mercy Livonia (Mich). — where he has served as president for 22 years — to serve as interim president of Athens, Ga.-based Trinity Health St. Mary’s, effective Oct. 3. 

Man with gun arrested at Colorado children’s hospital

A man possessing a gun was arrested Sept. 24 at Children’s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., after he entered the hospital through an employee entrance, police said in a statement shared with Becker’s.

Biden-Harris administration release more nursing home ownership data to the public

For the first time, officials, researchers and the public can see data about who owns Medicare-certified nursing homes across nursing home locations. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making more ownership data publicly available…