Rebecca Vesely April 20, 2009 Scan our alphabetical list of this year’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare and a pattern emerges: Most of the women on the list are playing key roles in shaping the healthcare reform in Washington. ... FULL STORY
David Burda April 20, 2009 As more women assume positions of power and authority in the healthcare industry, it’s getting increasingly difficult to choose whom Modern Healthcare considers the top 25 people on that ever-growing list. Difficult. Not impossible. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Allina Hospitals and Clinics agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations from Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson that the Minneapolis-based system violated state usury laws by charging interest rates as high as 18%. In a joint news conference, Swanson and Allina President and Chief... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 The National Institutes of Health released draft guidelines for human stem-cell research that NIH acting Director Raynard Kington said is expected to “greatly expand scientific opportunities.” The guidelines, which are to be published in the Federal Register this week, allow funding for... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Mark Childress, who most recently was chief of staff at HHS, has been named a senior adviser for health reform on the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Childress was a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team and an adviser to former Senate Majority Leader... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 HHS issued guidance on protecting personally identifiable healthcare information by encrypting or destroying it so that it is rendered “unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals.” The 20-page document was the work of a joint effort by HHS, its Office of the National... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 State nurses associations across the country have come together to form the National Federation of Nurses. The Washington State Nurses Association, in addition to state nurses groups in Montana, New Jersey, New York and Oregon, make up the new organization, which represents 70,000 registered... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 The nation’s state medical boards took slightly more disciplinary actions against doctors in 2008 than they did in 2007—5,379 last year compared with 5,319. But the number of actions, which include license revocations, suspensions and other actions like forcing mandatory retirement, were down from... ... FULL STORY
Rebecca Vesely April 20, 2009 Scan our alphabetical list of this year’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare and a pattern emerges: Most of the women on the list are playing key roles in shaping the healthcare reform in Washington. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 This biennial recognition program honors female executives who are making a positive difference in the healthcare industry. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Welcome to Modern Healthcare's third biennial presentation of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. These are the first five honorees, presented in alphabetical order. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Welcome to Modern Healthcare's third biennial presentation of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. These are honorees six through 10, presented in alphabetical order. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Welcome to Modern Healthcare's third biennial presentation of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. These are honorees 11 through 15, presented in alphabetical order. ... FULL STORY
Jennifer Lubell April 20, 2009 As the federal government seeks to make hospitals more accountable for high readmission rates, the industry has a clear message for policymakers: Don’t penalize hospitals for readmissions that are beyond their control. ... FULL STORY
Jean DerGurahian April 20, 2009 Results from two recent reports on hospital performance paint the picture that healthcare hasn’t improved much since the Institute of Medicine issued its landmark To Err is Human report in 1999, but industry professionals say progress in quality initiatives can’t be judged only from the two... ... FULL STORY
Rebecca Vesely April 20, 2009 As attention in Washington turns to healthcare reform, consumer advocates are warning about the growing problem of the underinsured—those with low coverage limit health plans through their employer or on the individual market who continue to struggle with high medical bills and often forgo medical... ... FULL STORY
David Burda April 20, 2009 As more women assume positions of power and authority in the healthcare industry, it’s getting increasingly difficult to choose whom Modern Healthcare considers the top 25 people on that ever-growing list. Difficult. Not impossible. ... FULL STORY
Thomas Mone April 20, 2009 Despite strong support by the U.S. government for organ donation, not nearly enough organs are ever available to meet the needs of all those on waiting lists. Yet thousands of potential donors die in hospitals across the country every year. ... FULL STORY
Mona Sonnenshein and Carol Sherman April 20, 2009 In October 2006, the chief operating officer for the University of California at San Diego Medical Center wanted to evaluate the medical center’s outsourced food and nutrition services for both quality and financial improvements. A consultant, who had worked successfully with this senior... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Sally Jeffcoat was named president and CEO of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho. Jeffcoat, 55, most recently was executive vice president and COO of healthcare operations for St. Louis-based Ascension Health, and before that she was president and CEO of Ascension’s... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 The not-for-profit Bronx (N.Y.) RHIO named Charles Scaglione to succeed Barbara Radin as executive director, effective immediately. Scaglione, 45, was previously executive vice president of Partners in Care Corp., a for-profit physician office and health plan management company based... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Lois Quam, a former longtime senior executive at UnitedHealth Group, left her position as head of strategic investments in green economy and health at Piper Jaffray & Co. to launch a sustainable technology and healthcare firm. Called Tysvar, the Minneapolis-based privately held firm says it... ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson April 20, 2009 Sisters of Mercy Health System named five new senior managers as part of an executive leadership restructuring, including the appointment of Mike McCurry as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the 17-hospital system. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 A small newspaper in Massachusetts got a call from a young man asking if the paper had printed a certain letter to the editor in support of the Medicare Advantage program, targeted for cuts by the Obama administration. The caller identified himself as Noah, a grandson of the elderly letter writer,... ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 Biometeorology may sound like a niche mania for the weather-obsessed. But two Canadians have plumbed the field to launch a consumer health Web site. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 In this troubled economy, everyone’s scaling back. The recession is so bad that one prestigious university is even putting limits on wine purchases for medical faculty. ... FULL STORY
April 20, 2009 And if the economy really has you down, the Treasury Department isn’t the only federal agency battling the recession. HHS is in on the act, if only to help ease your anxiety. ... FULL STORY
