Category: Press Release

Benton, Ky.-based Marshall County Hospital recently took to Facebook to dispute rumors about its financial health or potential closure. “MCH is not at risk of failing to meet its financial obligations, paying its employees or continuing normal operations,” MCH board chair Lauren Mann said in a Feb. 16 post. “Any assertions claiming any of these […]

Medicare Advantage now covers about 55% of eligible beneficiaries nationwide — more than 35 million people — but health systems are confronting a question that until recently felt almost taboo: What happens when participation in the country’s fastest-growing Medicare program no longer makes financial sense? Over the past three years, Becker’s has reported on roughly […]

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that are seeking CFOs and assistant CFOs in recent job listings. 1. Abrazo West Campus (Goodyear, Ariz.) 2. Buchanan General Hospital (Grundy, Va.) 3. Delray Medical Center (Delray Beach, Fla.) 4. Jefferson Hospital (Jefferson Hills, Pa.) and Canonsburg (Pa.) Hospital  5. Memorial Hospital Miramar (Fla.) 6. Morehouse General […]

Chicago-based CommonSpirit recorded total revenue of $10.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up from $10.1 billion during the same period last year.  The 138-hospital system reported an operating income of $2 million (0% operating margin) for the three months ended Dec. 31, down from an operating income of $135 million (1.3% margin) during […]

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network has appointed two system leaders, according to a Feb. 19 system news release. Henry Knoop, PA, was named vice president of strategy and growth. In the role, he will work with network leaders to identify and execute data-driven strategies for growth, such as expanding services. He joined the system in […]

Bryce Carder has been named senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Phoenix-based Banner Health. Mr. Carder shared the news in a LinkedIn post. He previously served as vice president of IT business services at the health system. He has been with Banner Health since 2007, according to his LinkedIn profile. The […]

Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. While lawmakers continue to disagree on a way forward, and the politics of affordability keeps the issue front and center, it would be understandable to think these […]

Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Warren, Rhode Island, where she knew all of two people. “I was kind of a mess,” recalled Abrams, 69. Trying to cope, “I was eating […]

Shelly Schorer, California CFO at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has accepted a role as the system’s South region CFO, effective March 1, according to a Feb. 19 LinkedIn post. CommonSpirit South Region comprises 42 acute care, specialty and critical access hospitals and spans across Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, North Georgia and Texas. It has ambulatory surgery […]

Members of the California Nurses Association have called off their one-day strike planned for Feb. 19 after reaching a tentative labor contract with AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif. The union — which represents about 300 nurses at the hospital, according to a Feb. 18 CNA news release — said the agreement addresses […]