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August 01, 2014
Zero-interest loan program gives SSM patients options
Corey Bowman is a sales representative who believes firmly in his product. Bowman, 29, is a team leader in customer service at SSM Health Care in St. Louis. In March, the system began offering interest-free payment plans through Commerce Bank, a Midwestern regional company, to help patients cover deductibles, co-pays and other medical expenses, and Bowman was among the early applicants.
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August 01, 2014
St. Mary's outreach program helps immigrants overcome barriers to health care
It was an encounter in the emergency department about four years ago that convinced Sr. Christine Mura, DC, of the need to shift her focus as a Hispanic outreach and pastoral care worker with St. Mary's Healthcare in Amsterdam, N.Y.
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August 01, 2014
Catholic Health Partners is now Mercy Health
Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners changed its name July 24 to Mercy Health.
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July 01, 2014
Keeping Up
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July 01, 2014
Alexian Brothers Health System, Adventist Midwest Health explore integration possibilities
Alexian Brothers Health System, which is part of Ascension Health, and Adventist Midwest Health, which is part of Adventist Health System, are pursuing a possible affiliation between their nine hospitals in suburban Chicago to create an integrated health care system.
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July 01, 2014
Dignity loan program provides credit terms unavailable elsewhere
In 2007, the nonprofit Children's Museum of Phoenix was, on paper, a terrible credit risk for lenders.
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July 01, 2014
St. Joseph's staff become cancer resource experts for patients
Ronda Buffington has seen how a cancer diagnosis first brings total fear to a patient, then dread, and eventually, a quagmire of worries.
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July 01, 2014
Trinity Senior Living incorporates Catholic ethics into decisions that impact residents
Executives managing senior housing regularly face weighty questions involving residents that defy easy answers.
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July 01, 2014
Emerging leaders honored for their service to ministry
Across the Catholic health ministry, young leaders with a passion for the mission are honing skills to help guide the ministry in the future. CHA celebrates up-and-comers who show strong leadership capabilities and a personal commitment to Catholic health care with its Tomorrow's Leaders recognition.
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July 01, 2014
Lanier supports St. Vincent's mission with high energy and soft sell
When Jane R. Lanier talks about her proudest accomplishments, she doesn't bring up the state-of-the-art centers for heart, cancer and family medicine at St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., or the millions of dollars she has raised. She focuses instead on the connections she's made.