Conway Regional Health System on Tuesday announced that Bill Pack had been hired as CFO. Pack has more than 30 years of experience in health care, most recently as system vice president for Centura Health in Denver.
TAFT, Calif. (KERO) — 40 minutes by car. That is the drive those in Taft often have to make just to get the healthcare they need. That’s why Kern medical providers are going beyond the medical needs of the community to make sure patients get through these doors.
For the first time since the Travis County hospital district was created in 2004, Central Health is budgeting for direct care instead of just purchased health services. There also is a change in the way the money for the University of Texas — which is used to support Dell Medical School—appears in the budget.
Many studies show new mergers have historically led to cost increases—despite the merger partners’ promises of cost efficiencies. But what does this merger mania mean when it comes to the impacts on plan sponsors, advisors, administrators, and the end consumer? For the most part, it has created uncertainty.
Sturgis Hospital is looking to change its operating model Jan. 1 from a traditional facility to a rural emergency hospital. The hospital was saved from imminent closure earlier in the summer when the city commission mulled a small loan, as hospital officials waited to hear from the state if a larger financial lifeboat in the form of a grant would carry them through the end of the year.
Toledo City Council is set to hear an ordinance Tuesday that could relieve up to $200 million of medical debt for Toledo residents. If passed, the measure could help around 25,000 people.
