Adventist Health System 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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Douglas Duffield is leaving his post as president and CEO of Florida Hospital Zephyrhills (Fla.) to be president and CEO of San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., effective July 15.
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Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health agreed to pay $14.1 million to resolve allegations that it improperly compensated physicians who referred patients to the system's White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Adventist Health System faces a class action lawsuit seeking damages for failure to safeguard the HIPAA-protected information of 763,000 patients at several of its hospitals in Florida.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.— El Camino Hospital filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a voter-approved measure that limits what the public hospital could pay its executives. Officials from the two-campus Silicon Valley hospital filed a complaint in Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose. The...
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In a video news interview in Charlotte, N.C., the site of the Democratic National Convention, Adventist Health System President and CEO Donald Jernigan wades into the rhetorical battle over healthcare issues waged in back-to-back weeks of political conventions.
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ACWORTH, Ga.—WellStar Health System, Marietta, Ga., last week opened its first health park, offering a number of outpatient services in a single location. The five-hospital system has spent a total of $109 million building two such health parks, a spokesperson said. The first floor of...
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Texas Health Resources, Arlington, has formed a joint venture with Adventist Health System to take over ownership of Huguley Memorial Medical Center, Burelson, Texas.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a bill that would add more oversight to the sale or lease of public hospitals in the state, and perhaps prompt more merger activity.
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Florida Hospital, part of the Adventist Health System, has partnered with USF Health to offer research-driven treatment programs at four of its Tampa Bay area hospitals.
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