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Advocate Health CFO resigns

Advocate Health Executive Vice President and CFO Anthony DeFurio has resigned, according to an Aug. 28 voluntary disclosure from the Charlotte, N.C.-based system. 

Advocate Health CFO resigns

Advocate Health Executive Vice President and CFO Anthony DeFurio has resigned, according to an Aug. 28 voluntary disclosure from the Charlotte, N.C.-based system. 

'We can no longer simply increase wages': What health systems are doing instead for retention

The national healthcare staffing shortage has inflated wages and increased competition for talented nurses and clinical support staff. For a while, hospitals’ main retention strategy was increased wages; that’s changing as nurses feel more comfortable …

25 hospitals where charity care exceeds tax breaks

Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, released a new report April 11 examining the finances of 1,773 nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. The report — which does not include large health systems like Renton, Wash.-based Providence; Oakland, C…

Why a shuttered California hospital is 'just the tip of the iceberg' 

There’s been plenty of headlines on the financial pressures leading to Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital’s closure and the domino effect it’s had on the surrounding region in the state’s Central Valley. But the story of what’s unfolding in Madera Coun…

Healthcare supply chain group cheers Biden's State of the Union

The Healthcare Supply Chain Association applauded President Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union speech for his comments on boosting domestic manufacturing, according to a statement shared with Becker’s. 

Southern Colorado Hospital District employee email compromised by hackers

Springfield, Colo.-based Southeast Colorado Hospital District is notifying 1,435 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an unauthorized party accessed one of its employee email accounts, JDSupra reporte…

'Immediate infusion' of funds needed to reopen closed Illinois hospital under REH designation, officials say

Officials for a closed Illinois hospital said the health system will need an “an immediate infusion of state support” to reopen the facility as a rural emergency hospital, Shaw Local News Network reported Feb. 7.

CFO to resign from North Dakota health system

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System is on the hunt for a new CFO after Doug Arvin announced plans to resign, effective Feb. 3, according to the Grand Forks Herald. 

California physicians reach agreement to avert strike

The Valley Physicians Group, which represents Santa Clara (Calif.) County’s employed physicians, podiatrists and dentists, has reached a tentative agreement with the county to avert a four-day strike.