With his company laying off employees and closing rural clinics, Arkansas Heart Hospital CEO Dr. Bruce Murphy is lobbying for a law requiring private insurers to reimburse Arkansas hospitals comparably to hospitals in adjacent states.
The Sugar Land branch of Houston Methodist welcomed a new CEO in February. Michael Garcia has worked with Houston Methodist for more than a decade, most recently serving as its chief operating officer.
Steward Health Care is attempting to sell some of its assets to shore up its finances, but the company may still be unable to continue operating all nine of its Massachusetts hospitals.
The federally designated critical access hospital in Ridgecrest notified Kern County authorities last week that "continued financial hardships" have forced it to let go 31 more employees just two months after it said the layoff of 29 others will require it to suspend maternity care March 1.