Ohio Health news and information

Recently sworn-in Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, has named Dr. Theodore Wymyslo director of the Ohio Health Department. Wymyslo, a primary-care physician, has pushed for implementation of patient-centered medical home models in Ohio. He served on the state's Enhanced Primary Care Home...
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Andrea Price was named president and CEO of a regional health system in Ohio owned by Catholic Healthcare Partners, following her appointment one year ago as COO of the local system, Mercy. Price, 51, replaces Steven Mickus, who was promoted to a role as system COO for Catholic...
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William Roe, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Danbury (Conn.) Health Systems, was arrested and faces a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded his current and former employers of $175,000, newly unsealed court documents show. Roe, 54, was arrested Aug. 17 and charged in a...
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The extensive changes to federal reimbursement, the healthcare safety net and insurance regulation anticipated under health reform have left industry executives scrambling to project what will happen to revenue and expenses in the coming decade.
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Kudos to the CMS and Modern Healthcare for calling attention to the need for more standardized reporting of healthcare-associated infections to help identify and prevent them (“The infection connection,” Aug. 9, p. 6).
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William Roe, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Danbury (Conn.) Health Systems, has been arrested and faces a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded his current and former employers of $175,000.
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