Until this year, Brian Ulery spent most of his career working for healthcare systems in the South. A few weeks into his latest post as the new CEO of North Jersey's major healthcare systems, he sees the same roadblocks here to navigating financial, regulatory, and staffing issues as he did in Florida, Georgia, and West Virginia.
The merger of Augusta University Health with the Atlanta-based Wellstar Health System has drawn praise from Gov. Brian Kemp, University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue, and leaders of both Augusta University and Wellstar. Others, including state lawmakers and consumer advocates, are more skeptical.
A controversial hospital merger originally set to wrap up by the end of March -- and then extended to the end of May -- has been pushed back yet again. Fairview Health Services, based in Minneapolis, and Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, announced intentions for a merger last November. The merger would create one of the largest healthcare providers in the Upper Midwest.
As he completes his first year on the job, Altru Health System CEO Todd Forkel said his organization's operating margins are above the national average and a planned new hospital is on schedule for completion in 2024.
Mercy Iowa City has appointed Dr. Tom Clancy president and CEO and hired management and advisory firm ToneyKorf Partners LLC to improve the hospital’s operations. Dr. Clancy most recently served as clinical professor and associate dean for the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.
PROVIDENCE — The state agency that runs the Eleanor Slater Hospital — which cares for some of the state's most vulnerable people — has a new chief medical officer after a bumpy couple of years that saw a parade of CMOs come and go.