After more than 100 years in operation, Adventist Health’s Walla Walla General Hospital in eastern Washington closed Monday, the system announced on their website. They also closed their Adventist Home Healthcare related services, and their clinics. Patients needing emergency care will have access at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, and they said many of their […]
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The Lebanon Express is reporting Samaritan Health Services is taking severe measures to avoid layoffs and maintain the highest quality of care for patients. The steps to reduce the financial hardship blamed on declining Medicaid revenue include a hiring freeze on positions deemed noncritical, travel and conference budget constraints, and reduced capital spending. The healthcare […]
Blanchard Valley Health System recently made several key management changes meant to focus on organization-wide, strategic initiatives. Linda DeArment was named director of physician services and recruitment. DeArment will oversee provider recruiting activities and the Medical Staff Office. Prior to accepting this position, she served as the chief development officer of the Blanchard Valley Health […]
The Cincinnati Business Courier reports UC Health and the University of Cincinnati state that $4.5 million in donations have been received. The monies will go towards a $60.5 million outpatient center at 223 Piedmont Avenue, Cincinnati, OH in the Corryville neighborhood. The new 114,000-sq-ft facility will consolidate UC Health’s outpatient neurological services and will be […]
According to the New York Post, NYC Health and Hospitals System just laid off 70 workers despite a restructuring report issued in April 2016 that promised no layoffs. At that time, plans called for reducing the workforce through attrition and “partnering with labor to retrain workers.” The restructuring plan included two billion dollars in annual […]
Crain’s Cleveland Business is reporting that Cleveland Clinic Health System showed a nearly 50 percent drop in operating income in 2016. In 2016, the Clinic posted $243 million in operating income (a 49.5 percent decrease from 2015) on eight billion dollars in operating revenue. Overall system revenues were up about 11 percent from 2015. Without […]