Christus Health news and information

IRVING, Texas—Christus Health, a Catholic not-for-profit health system, announced that it plans to enter into a joint venture with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a Chilean university owned by the Catholic Church. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two provides for...
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Christus Health, an Irving, Texas-based not-for-profit health system, announced that it plans to enter into a joint venture with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Not-for-profit healthcare borrowers are enjoying more options to borrow and at better rates.
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Christus Health, Irving, Texas, announced three job appointments and two promotions, including the promotion of Paul Generale to senior VP and senior finance officer. Generale, 36, previously was VP and senior finance officer.
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Christus Health, a 19-hospital health system with hospitals in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, said it has been selected to pursue a joint venture with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a university health network with two hospitals in Santiago.
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Lawmakers and industry groups are urging federal agencies to collaborate on efforts that will accelerate the adoption of mobile health technologies among healthcare providers and patients.
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Christus Santa Rosa Health System received approval from the board of 19-hospital Christus Health to go ahead with a $135 million renovation project to transform its downtown San Antonio campus into a free-standing children's hospital with up to 275 beds.
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Provena Mercy Medical Center, Aurora, Ill., named Maureen Bryant president and CEO, effective Feb. 6.
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One of the promises of healthcare reform is that expanding insurance coverage will lower the amount of bad debt that hospitals need to write off for unpaid patient bills. A full two years before the reform act boosts coverage, however, the Financial Accounting Standards Board will make bad-debt...
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Christus Health, Irving, Texas, named Randy Safady its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Safady, 55, currently executive vice president and CFO of Centura Health, Englewood, Colo., replaces Jay Herron, senior vice president and CFO, who will be leaving Christus as part of a...
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