Category: Press Release

One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. senators concerned about the longtime anti-vaccine activist’s plans for the nation’s care. Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed […]

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year, aiming, it says, to provide more choice and lower premiums. But it also proposes sharply raising some annual out-of-pocket costs — to more than $27,000 for one type of […]

It’s February, so open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is over. We’re getting the first glimpses of how sign-ups are shaking out after the expiration of enhanced subsidies that helped most people with their premium costs.  While more Americans enrolled than some policy analysts had expected, the number was still 1.2 million below what it was at the same time last year. And experts say it will be months until the numbers are final. The timing will depend on how many of those people who […]

The Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require hospitals to inform patients about financial assistance programs before sending their bill to collections.  The legislation would also require hospitals to proactively make information about financial assistance programs available, according to a Feb. 11 news release from the Indiana House Republican Caucus.  The […]

Brigid Toyne-Barfoot, DNP, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System. As CNO, she will lead nearly 1,150 nurses across Blessing’s two hospitals and clinics in Illinois and Missouri. Dr. Toyne-Barfoot joins the system from University Health in Kansas City, Mo., where she has served as CNO of nursing practice, […]

Brian Levine, MD, has been promoted to chief academic officer at ChristianaCare, where he will oversee the system’s graduate medical education programs and broader clinical workforce training efforts.   In the role, Dr. Levine will oversee 38 residency and fellowship programs with 315 physicians in training. He will also lead programming for allied health training programs […]

Northside Hospital has landed the naming rights for the world’s largest 10K, which takes place in its home city of Atlanta. The newly named Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race is held every Fourth of July, with tens of thousands of participants. The event had been known simply as the Peachtree Road Race for 50 years. […]

Of the 34 physicians Nauman Mushtaq, MD, has hired in the last decade, only two have left the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Yet he’s recruited from University of Chicago, Brigham and Women’s, Johns Hopkins and Cleveland Clinic. His secret to recruiting and retaining top talent? “Opportunity,” Dr. Mushtaq, medical director […]

Natalie Rodriguez has been named CEO of Coral Gables (Fla.) Hospital, according to a Feb. 11 LinkedIn post. The hospital is part of Healthcare Systems of America, an affiliate of Glendale, Calif.-based American Healthcare Systems. Prior to her new role, Ms. Rodriguez served as COO and CFO for Coral Gables Hospital, according to her LinkedIn page. […]