Baylor Health Care System news and information

UnitedHealthcare and about 50 hospitals say they will conduct research comparing some of the costliest medical devices and then use that data to inform their purchasing decisions.
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Baylor College of Medicine said it has tapped Wayne Keathley to be president of the new Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center and Health Network, which is likely to open in phases starting in 2014.
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Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, and Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, Texas, signed an agreement of intent to merge—a move they characterized as designed to prepare their operations for the changes expected as a result of healthcare reform.
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The 928-bed Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and its affiliated HealthTexas Provider Network have agreed to pay $907,000 to settle whistle-blower allegations that the hospital and physicians fraudulently billed Medicare and Tricare for radiation oncology services between 2006 and 2010.
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Readmissions at an inpatient heart-failure unit at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas plummeted to 7% from 29% in nine months.
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David Muntz, senior vice president and CIO of the Baylor Health Care System, has been named to the position of principal deputy at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Providence Health & Services, Renton, Wash., named Todd Hofheins VP and CFO. Hofheins, 47, has been with the system since 2004 as CFO of its Northwest Washington region and is credited with overseeing the completion of the $500 million Cymbaluk Medical Tower at Providence Regional Medical...
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Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, named Michael Taylor as senior vice president of operations for its Greater Sacramento—San Joaquin, Calif.-based service area.
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For the long-term acute-care hospital segment, the days of consolidation may be nearing an end as post-acute providers take on the ambitious—and uncertain—task of adopting the new, favored model of delivery: coordinated care.
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LAFAYETTE, La.—The new $211 million Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center opened June 25. The 396,000-square-foot, six-story facility sits on 45 acres and has approximately 200 beds, according to a fact sheet from the hospital. The not-for-profit Roman Catholic hospital includes...
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