Laura Kowal has been appointed president of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware Valley. Ms. Kowal has served as interim Delaware Valley president since July and as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary since 2020, according to a March 24 health system news release. She joined Nemours Children’s in 2014. Before joining the […]
Continue ReadingFort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Healthcare Systems of America has struck a revenue cycle outsourcing partnership with Conifer Health Solutions. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Conifer will provide end-to-end revenue cycle management services for the eight-hospital health system, which has facilities in Florida, Texas and Louisiana, according to a March 24 news release. Conifer will […]
Continue ReadingLittle Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will raise its minimum wage from $15 to $16 per hour, effective April 12. The increase will affect about 1,800 employees across 75 positions, UAMS Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, MD, said in a March 4 email to staff shared with Becker’s. The affected employees included those at […]
Continue ReadingHouston Methodist Cypress (Texas) Hospital has shared plans for a $104 million expansion — almost exactly one year after opening its doors. The hospital, which is part of Houston Methodist, was a $685 million project when it opened as the system’s ninth facility in March 2025. Houston Methodist Cypress’s expansion includes 64 new medical-surgical beds, […]
Continue ReadingCMS approved Minnesota’s plan to tackle Medicaid integrity concerns, according to a March 19 letter to the state’s Medicaid director. In January, CMS informed Minnesota of “several deficiencies” in the state’s Dec. 31 plan submission to resolve integrity concerns, which the state then revised Jan. 30. According to a March 19 letter from Kimberly Brandt, […]
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Carlos arrived at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children. By that point, his 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter had been in a federal shelter in Texas for nearly a year after crossing the border to be with him. “I […]
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En diciembre, Carlos llegó a una oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en Nuevo Mexico creyendo que estaba a un paso de reunirse con sus hijos. En ese momento, su hijo de 14 años y su hija de 16 llevaban casi un año en un albergue federal en Texas después de […]
Continue ReadingWhile Pennsylvania’s healthcare challenges are widespread, they hit rural communities hardest, Terry Gilliland, MD, president and CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, wrote in a March 19 commentary piece published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Limited access to care, workforce shortages and rising costs are straining rural providers and worsening outcomes for patients, Dr. Gilliland wrote. The […]
Continue ReadingSepsis was present in 17.8% of nearly 4 million pediatric hospital deaths between 2016 and 2023, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA. Researchers from academic institutions across the U.S. analyzed data from 3,925,809 pediatric hospitalizations across 245 health care systems between 2016 and 2023 in the Epic Cosmos database as well as […]
Continue ReadingTallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has named Danielle Buchanan as vice president and chief communications officer. Ms. Buchanan most recently served as senior marketing director for diagnostic services at Quest Diagnostics, according to a March 23 LinkedIn post from the health system. She previously spent nearly a decade at Tallahassee Memorial, where she led marketing, communications […]
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