Porter’s board of directors named Dr. James Leonard as the organization’s new CEO. Leonard has been the interim CEO since Aug. 1. He is the first physician to be named CEO of the organization.
Three Philadelphia-area hospitals are for sale, according to an emailed notice Monday from a Los Angeles investment bank. The notice, obtained by The Inquirer, did not identify the owner or the hospitals, but the description — acute-care hospitals with one owner and an average of 136 beds — fits the three Philadelphia-area hospitals owned by Prime Healthcare Services Inc., which is based in Ontario, Calif.
The proposed deal between Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network could close by the end of 2024, according to a joint announcement from the hospital systems.
A Texas Supreme Court ruling could determine to what extent people can be awarded damages for the burden of an unwanted pregnancy — or it could protect medical professionals from liability.
Froedtert Health and ThedaCare will become a single health system beginning Jan. 1, part of a final agreement announced Tuesday by the two Wisconsin-based health systems.