Avera is pleased to announce that Theresa Guenther, BA, MSE, has been named the CEO of Avera Creighton Hospital. She is currently serving as the interim CEO, and the permanent transition will take place on Feb. 1.
Some things in health care are not so complicated. One rudimentary principle of economics applies in healthcare markets, as anywhere: When there's less competition, prices are higher. This has been especially true for America’s hospitals, the largest driver of the increasing cost of healthcare.
MultiCare Health System has completed the acquisition of Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital and its associated clinics. The hospital, which will now be known as MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital, will welcome more than 2,700 new employees to the Yakima area according to a MultiCare press release.
The recently published article, "Lawsuits, fines, complaints put pressure on Athena Nursing Homes," focused attention on several instances where our healthcare company's performance during this unprecedented, three-year-long period of challenges was below what we have strived for in nearly four decades of providing quality, skilled nursing facility care in Connecticut and surrounding states.