The Healthcare Financial Management Association awarded 15 providers the 2023 MAP Award for high performance in revenue cycle.
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Providence strike ends, union alleges illegal use of 'professional strikebreakers'
Nurses and clinicians who began a five-day strike June 19 at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice, all in Oregon, have returned to work.
Vandalia Health takes out $80M loan for acquisitions
Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health has been busy with a series of acquisitions.
10 hospitals seeking CFOs
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.
Fred Hutch appoints vice president of clinical research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington department of medicine, both based in Seattle, named Sara Hurvitz, MD, senior vice president of the clinical research division at Fred Hutch and head of the division of hematology and oncol…
Penn Medicine exits US News rankings, plans its own dashboard
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine’s University of Pennsylvania Health System will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings. Instead, Penn Medicine will develop its own data dashboard in the next year.
UPMC faces fight with labor, federal regulators in new acquisition
Pittsburgh-based UPMC is likely to face opposition from organized labor and federal regulators as it looks to finalize its merger with Washington (Pa.) Health System, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported June 25.
41 heart centers earning designations, accreditations
Here are 41 heart hospitals and programs recently earning designations and accreditations:
13 nurse leaders-turned-CEOs in 2023
Hospital CEO exits in the first few months of 2023 were up 72 percent from the same time frame in 2022. As hospitals search for someone to take the helm, some argue that they should look inward — particularly, toward nurse leaders.
17 systems launching residency programs
Several hospitals and health systems have rolled out new physician residency programs this year to create more training opportunities for students after medical school and expand the pipeline of future physicians.
