| Today's News and Trends | The debate over the future of healthcare in the U.S. is really a discussion about inequity, according to America’s Essential Hospitals president and CEO Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, saying disparities will still need to be addressed even if the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion remain in place. The debate over the future of healthcare in the U.S. is really a discussion about inequity, according to America’s Essential Hospitals president and CEO Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, saying disparities will still need to be addressed even if the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion remain in place. | | |
| Two top executives from the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S. emphasized that developing new leaders isn’t the responsibility of the human resources department, but a system-wide necessity in their presentation at the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Congress in Chicago. Two top executives from the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S. emphasized that developing new leaders isn’t the responsibility of the human resources department, but a system-wide necessity in their presentation at the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Congress in Chicago. | | |
| For-profit hospital operator Tenet Healthcare has reached an agreement with its largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, to make several changes to its bylaws, ending a months-long battle over governance of the struggling company. For-profit hospital operator Tenet Healthcare has reached an agreement with its largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, to make several changes to its bylaws, ending a months-long battle over governance of the struggling company. | | |
| Robert Redfield, MD, has been named the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But before his appointment, a top Senate Democrat said complaints about his past work as an HIV/AIDS researcher would make him an unsuitable public health leader. Robert Redfield, MD, has been named the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But before his appointment, a top Senate Democrat said complaints about his past work as an HIV/AIDS researcher would make him an unsuitable public health leader. | | |
| Christopher Dawes, MBA, announced he’ll be retiring as president and CEO of both Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California, saying health concerns led him to leave the post immediately. Christopher Dawes, MBA, announced he’ll be retiring as president and CEO of both Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California, saying health concerns led him to leave the post immediately. | | |
| The new push for easier patient access to their health data from CMS will require some work on the part of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), with the agency’s leaders not being shy about supporting its patient-centric goals in a briefing with reporters at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas. The new push for easier patient access to their health data from CMS will require some work on the part of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), with the agency’s leaders not being shy about supporting its patient-centric goals in a briefing with reporters at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas. | | |
| Three years after moving from administrator of CMS to lead health insurance lobbying group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Marilyn Tavenner has announced plans to retire effective June 1, with AHIP’s chief operating officer Matt Eyles taking over her role as president and CEO. Three years after moving from administrator of CMS to lead health insurance lobbying group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Marilyn Tavenner has announced plans to retire effective June 1, with AHIP’s chief operating officer Matt Eyles taking over her role as president and CEO. | | |
| With Milwaukee’s Aurora Health Care and Chicago’s Advocate Healthcare expecting to clear the final regulatory hurdle for their proposed merger, the two have lined up the leadership team that will report to the co-CEOs of the new system. With Milwaukee’s Aurora Health Care and Chicago’s Advocate Healthcare expecting to clear the final regulatory hurdle for their proposed merger, the two have lined up the leadership team that will report to the co-CEOs of the new system. | | |
| Health IT leaders, professionals and vendors saw few negatives in the new My HealthE Data initiative announced by CMS at the HIMSS18 conference in Las Vegas, even though CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, warned that the agency would crack down on information blocking by vendors or providers. Health IT leaders, professionals and vendors saw few negatives in the new My HealthE Data initiative announced by CMS at the HIMSS18 conference in Las Vegas, even though CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, warned that the agency would crack down on information blocking by vendors or providers. | | |
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