Wayne Smith news and information

The Federation of American Hospitals has elected Victor Campbell to a one-year term as chairman, effective immediately.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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A U.S. senator for 31 years and the author of more than 2,000 sometimes hard-to-decipher Twitter messages, Chuck Grassley also has had a long run on the annual 100 Most Influential rankings.
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Despite last year's uncertainty about the future of the reform law, healthcare executives took home more money than those in any other sector on the S&P 500, with insurance execs topping the list.
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Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., announced its third acquisition in Pennsylvania in a little more than a year. The for-profit hospital operator closed on a deal to acquire Memorial Health Systems, York, Pa.
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The healthcare reform law created a flurry of activity among hospitals and systems laying the groundwork to get in on Medicare's new incentive programs for accountable care organizations.
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The unsuccessful takeover attempt Community Health Systems waged to acquire Tenet Healthcare Corp. became one of the uglier hostile merger bids in the hospital space.
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LONGVIEW, Texas—Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., has completed its acquisition of Diagnostic Clinic of Longview. The multispecialty clinic, which serves the East Texas city and surrounding areas, will merge with a CHS subsidiary, 112-bed Longview Regional Medical Center,...
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Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., has completed its acquisition of Diagnostic Clinic of Longview (Texas).
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The Federation of American Hospitals elected Wayne Smith, president and CEO of Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., as its new chairman of the board, effective Monday.
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