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Base salaries for healthcare executives climbed a modest 3.1 percent in 2015, a new survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates found, as the expanded responsibilities C-level execs face in healthcare is causing compensation packages to swell.
Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling on Monday said it would cost the healthcare provider, formally known as the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, tens of million of dollars over the next two to three years as the newly named company embarks on a massive campaign to educate the public about its new moniker.
The name for the health system, one of the largest in the United States, better reflects its geographic position in the New York metropolitan market, downplaying its North Shore of Long Island roots.
According to the announcement, Yeshiva University, which had run the college through a previous affiliation with Montefiore, will still manage academic oversight and issue all degrees.
Ownership by a hospital "dramatically increases" odds that a doctor will admit patients there instead of another, nearby hospital, researchers found.
Community Health Systems moved one step closer to its planned spin-off of Quorum Health Corp. last week. The for-profit healthcare giant filed its Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the transaction that would create Quorum as a separate for-profit company.
Leaders from Mercy Hospital Joplin, Partners HealthCare, South Nassau Communities Hospitals explain how their systems bounced back from natural disasters and share tips on how healthcare leaders can prepare for the worst Mother Nature can dish out.
Partners HealthCare, one of the largest hospital operators in Massachusetts, this week opened its first walk-in urgent care clinic as more hospital operators rush to open clinics to provide better, more accessible care for pressing medical issues.
As rural hospitals continue to struggle to stay afloat, the Kansas Hospital Association is hoping to persuade the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to alter the way it reimburses so hospitals can focus more on outpatient and emergency services.
While the role of healthcare CFO is pretty standard from one organization to another, the role of treasurer can vary from a volunteer position to a unique function of the CFO.