Parkland Health & Hospital System news and information

Dallas' Parkland Health & Hospital System will pay $1.42 million and enter into a five-year corporate integrity agreement to resolve a 2010 lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted improper claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
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Dave Underriner, COO of Providence Health and Services, was promoted to CEO of its Oregon region. Effective April 15, Underriner, 54, will replace CEO Greg Van Pelt, who announced his retirement in February. Underriner's father, who led Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland,...
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The grim uncertainty that froze the healthcare construction industry during the Great Recession appears to have lifted—only to be replaced with a new type of uncertainty.
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Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix has named Dr. Steve Narang its CEO.
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Though it might seem counterintuitive, healthcare design experts are saying standardization is the key to flexibility—and the ability to be flexible can mean the difference between going ahead with a construction project or going through another round of costly planning and trying to predict...
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The relatively strong flu season, which has reached epidemic levels, could boost revenue at hospitals eventually as a result of increased hospitalizations.
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At Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, 39-year-old internist Ruben Amarasingham is quietly working on using complex data analytics to improve patient care.
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FORT MYERS, Fla.—Acadia Healthcare Co., Brentwood, Tenn., purchased Park Royal Hospital, Fort Myers, for about $33.4 million in cash and assumed debt. The 76-bed psychiatric hospital, which opened in March, can be expanded to 114 beds within the existing building, according to an...
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The board for Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System selected four finalists for its CEO slot.
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When primary-care physicians needed to go somewhere new to revitalize their field, they found that there was no place quite like the patient-centered medical home.
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