Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital will soon lose it's Medicare funding, which could lead to the hospital closing. The North Side hospital has been under investigation by the Illinois Department of Public Health. An IDPH spokesperson said as a result of the investigation, federal authorities have made the decision to end Weiss' involvement with the Medicare program on August 9. They did not say why the move is being made, but said Weiss Hospital can appeal. ABC7 tried to reach out to hospital officials, but their voicemails say they are no longer accepting messages.
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday named the state's top hospital lobbyist to a position at the regulatory agency that oversees virtually all major health care decisions — including those directly affecting his clients — in Massachusetts. Healey appointed six people to the Health Policy Commission's board of directors, including Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association President Steve Walsh, punctuating a flood of hand-wringing from business leaders, health care advocates and other segments of the industry worried about a potential conflict of interest.
Luigi Mangione, Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried have found a new (fictional) life on the stage. The new fringe production Luigi: The Musical, has been selling out shows in San Francisco, as it satirizes the real-life circumstances of Mangione, who is accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO, being housed in the same Brooklyn jail as Diddy and Bankman-Fried, who were charged with sex trafficking and crypto fraud, respectively. While it keeps extending its current run, the show's creators are also aiming for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August and exploring possible future productions in New York and Los Angeles.
Community Health Systems, Inc. says CEO Tim Hingtgen will retire at the end of September and consult with the Franklin, TN-based provider. CHS CFO/President Kevin Hammons will serve as interim CEO and Chief Accounting Officer / SVP Jason K. Johnson will be interim CFO.
U.Va. Health has now lost two senior leaders in one week as Melina Kibbe, dean of the School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer at U.Va. Health, and University Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton will both leave the health system to accept new positions. Kibbe will become president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, after being named the sole finalist for the position. Horton has accepted a leadership role at the University of California San Francisco Health Center after serving in her position at U.Va. Health since 2020.