Adventist Health System news and information

HCA, Nashville, named Peter Marmerstein to succeed Dan Miller as president of the company's west Florida division. Miller has held the role since 1998 but has announced his retirement, according to an HCA news release.
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Centura Health, an Englewood, Colo.-based system operated jointly by Catholic Health Initiatives and PorterCare Adventist Health System, Denver, divested itself of five medical office buildings in an almost $41.3 million deal that was described by one of its executives as occurring at "the perfect...
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Johns Hopkins Medicine is placing its skill, reputation and money behind a technology startup that seeks to allow hospitals and health systems to sell internally developed programs and solutions to other hospitals or systems seeking such expertise.
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The Ohio Hospital Association promoted Amy Andres to the position of VP of data services. She succeeds Dan Paoletti, who was named CEO of the Ohio Health Information Partnership. Andres, 44, joined OHA in December 2010 as director of data services. She will now be in charge of the...
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Dr. Paul Whelton plans to step down as president and CEO of Loyola University Health System, Maywood, Ill., effective June 30, when the system is expected to become part of Trinity Health, Novi, Mich. Whelton, 64, joined Loyola in February 2007 and is credited with stemming losses through a...
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Joe Johnson is leaving his post as president and CEO of Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, Orange City, Fla., on May 31. Johnson, 49, is set to become COO of University Community Hospital in Tampa, Fla., after 13 years in Orange City.
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Adventist Health System has decided to unwind its pending acquisition of publicly run Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., rather than appeal a judge's order striking down the transaction.
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Build America Bonds, the temporary financing option that helped lower debt costs for healthcare borrowers before it expired in December, enjoy the endorsement of the president, who would revive the bonds if he could. But hospitals are moving to resurrect other now-defunct credit programs.
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A Florida judge has ordered one of the state's largest healthcare systems to unwind a controversial deal in which Adventist Health System attempted to acquire the publicly run Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach.
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Conservative state leaders declared open revolt on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week after a sweeping federal court ruling out of Pensacola, Fla., that, if upheld on appeal, would invalidate the entire law.
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