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July 01, 2011
Providence Everett opens medical tower
Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., has completed a $460 million, 12-story patient tower that administrators said will help to relieve capacity concerns. Located on Providence Everett's Colby Campus, the addition is called the Marshall and Katherine Cymbaluk Medical Tower.
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July 01, 2011
Tomorrow's Leaders - Young highfliers making an impact in the ministry
With this year's assembly focused on the opportunities ahead for Catholic health care, it was only fitting that the association take time at the gathering to recognize young executives with high potential as future ministry leaders.
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July 01, 2011
Lifetime Achievement Award - With heart, head and hands, Sr. Gervais champions Catholic values
To the best of Sr. Generose Gervais' memory, she never stepped foot inside a hospital until her first day of work at one. Her sister was a neurosurgical nurse and, quite honestly, she found medicine terrifying.
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July 01, 2011
Lifetime Achievement Award - Through guidance and example, Sr. Barrett strengthens ministry
Health care has changed during Sr. Mary Patricia Barrett's years of service, as has the size and structure of Sisters of Charity Health System. But Sr. Barrett's commitment to Catholic values has never wavered.
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July 01, 2011
Sr. Concilia Moran Award - Murray's diplomacy honors God's presence in Catholic health ministry
The reshaping of governance at Exempla Healthcare in Denver made for trying times. There were court actions, public protests and rebellious board members — even a hostile bill in the state legislature.
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July 01, 2011
Physician alignment called key to success in new health economy
Health care reform legislation being rolled out over the next few years envisions a health care system that is seamless and efficient for patients — one in which hospitals, physicians and other service providers work together to improve care, enhance population health and slow spending.
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July 01, 2011
Experts anticipate IRS community benefit reporting guidelines
Two CHA staff members, both of whom have worked closely with the Senate Finance Committee and the Internal Revenue Service as new requirements for tax-exempt hospitals were developed, are urging hospitals to strive to comply with the spirit and letter of the law while awaiting further guidance from the IRS and CHA.
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July 01, 2011
Peter Orszag fleshes out strategies for Medicare cost cutting
Peter R. Orszag, one of the chief strategists behind the Obama administration's health reform initiative, told a group of Catholic health care leaders meeting here that the U.S. will remain mired in legislative gridlock for a long time.
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July 01, 2011
CHI conducts pilot on board transformation
Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives is running a "thought experiment," said Michael Rowan, CHI executive vice president and chief operating officer, to figure out how to "take a board away from finance committee metrics" and move it into a governance structure with a purview that reaches beyond acute care considerations.
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July 01, 2011
Resurrection head explains system's financial, cultural turnaround
Resurrection Health Care in Chicago was facing a $100 million operating loss, a growing Medicaid population and a declining market share in late 2008 when Sandra Bruce started her new job as president and chief executive.