Catholic Health Initiatives news and information

LEADVILLE, Colo.—An affiliation and services agreement has been signed between Centura Health and St. Vincent Hospital, a 12-bed critical-access institution in Leadville, with a 13-bed nursing home unit. The affiliation agreement calls for developing shared programs to complement and...
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When Tenet Healthcare Corp. recently agreed to pay $4.3 billion to acquire Vanguard Health Systems—after being relatively quiet on the acquisition front—it...
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The push by hospital operators into the health insurance business continues as pressure increases to prepare for alternatives to fee-for-service payment. Adventist Health, a large California-based health system with 18 hospitals in four states, is expected to seek California's approval for an...
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Advocates say standardization of healthcare protocols and procedures can save lives, time and money, but that doesn't mean establishing standards is easy.
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A bold plan to merge two large Michigan health systems collapsed last week. It was just the latest one to fizzle among big hospital operators looking to get bigger in transactions that might have been far-fetched just a few years ago.
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Editor's note: Following is an edited excerpt of the transcript for Modern Healthcare's May 6 editorial webinar, “Building the continuum of care: Now that you own it, how best to weave it into your operation.” The panelists were David Grabowski, professor of health policy at Harvard...
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A for-profit company that owns three hospitals in New Jersey unveiled a new identity as an integrated health system with plans to offer a Medicaid plan and sell insurance on the state exchange about to launch under the healthcare reform law.
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Robert Ritz was named president of Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines (Iowa). Ritz, 51, is president and CEO of St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., operated by Springfield-based Hospital Sisters Health System. In Des Moines, he takes over leadership from Dave Vellinga, who has been...
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Robert Ritz was named president of Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines (Iowa). Ritz, 51, is president and CEO of St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., which is operated by Springfield-based Hospital Sisters Health System.
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HOUSTON—Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire six-hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, pending regulatory approvals. The Texas Episcopal Diocese approved the definitive agreement, which includes a $1 billion investment from Englewood, Colo.-based CHI. CHI will...
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