Optum has completed its $7.8 billion merger with Change Healthcare.
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Chicago health system nursing strike averted
Members of the Illinois Nurses Association and Chicago-based Howard Brown Health have reached a three-year agreement, averting a strike that was set to begin Oct. 3.
MUSC employee dies in Charleston hospital
An employee of the Medical University of South Carolina died Sept. 30 in one of the system’s Charleston hospital facilities, prompting a multiagency investigation.
10 providers seeking RCM talent
Ten hospitals or health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise.
Mayo Clinic taps Natalie Caine as Rochester chief administrative officer
Natalie Caine was selected as chief administrative officer for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Providence to repay Medicaid patients who were charged in ‘unintended error,’ CFO says
Citing an “unintended error”, Renton, Wash.-based Providence will reimburse about 760 Medicaid patients whose accounts were sent to debt collectors, the Spokesman-Review reported Oct. 2.
UTMB starts national search for president
The University of Texas System has organized a search advisory committee to guide the selection of the next president of University of Texas Medical Branch after Ben Raimer, MD, abruptly resigned from the role Aug. 22.
Baptist Health South Florida taps Bo Boulenger as CEO
Bo Boulenger was named president and CEO of Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida.
Republicans end push to repeal ACA
The 2022 elections will be the first in more than a decade in which the security of the Affordable Care Act is not a central issue as the Republican party casts aside its long-running campaign to repeal the 2010 healthcare law, NBC News reported Oct. 2…
ASC Administrator of the Week Ethan Bing: ‘An effective and diligent leader’
Ethan Bing, administrator of Houston-based Medical Colleagues of Texas, is Becker’s administrator of the week.
