Erlanger Health System has named Lynn DeJaco, CPA, MPA, as interim chief financial officer. Longtime CFO Britt Tabor left the facility recently. Erlanger President and CEO, Dr. William Jackson said, ”We are excited to have Lynn bring her expertise and many years of experience to the leadership team at Erlanger.
Medical groups that have division-based or service-level approaches to physician compensation should spend their summer evaluating their models in light of Stark Law revisions that go into effect on January 1, 2022. The revisions, seen by CMS as a clarification of original intent, will effectively prohibit distributions of profits from designated health services, or DHS, on a service-by-service basis.
Earmarks are back, and so is the health care industry’s insatiable appetite to get a piece of them. A decade ago, Republicans banned the congressional funding process that allowed lawmakers to request earmarks, or money for pet projects in their home districts. But with Democrats in charge of both chambers of Congress, the requests are being permitted again,
Richard Haun has been named division chief financial officer (CFO) of Lovelace Health System, according to a press release issued by Lovelace. He has been serving as interim division CFO since December of 2020.
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