Monthly Archives: September 2015

Older, Heavier Americans Fuel a $4 Billion Knee Replacement Market

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-02/older-heavier-americans-fuel-a-4-billion-knee-replacement-market

How getting a new knee became one of the most popular surgeries in the country.

UCSF lures top pediatric heart surgeon back from Stanford’s Lucile Packard hospital

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http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/09/ucsf-lures-top-pediatric-heart-surgeon-stanford.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441466792

Mark Laret, chief executive of UCSF Medical Center, has a new reason to smile, now that UCSF has lured a top pediatric cardiac surgeon from rival Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

 

Seattle hospital CEO heads to China, inks partnership with big hospital system

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http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2015/09/seattle-hospital-ceo-heads-to-china-inks.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441466619

Swedish Health Services CEO Tony Armada is traveling in Asia, where he is visiting Chinese and Korean hospitals and discussing possible partnerships with those hospitals to improve patient care.

 

Longtime CEO of top Bay Area medical group to retire

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http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/09/pamf-sutter-health-ipa-richard-slavin.html?ana=lnk

Dr. Richard Slavin is chief executive officer at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a Sutter Health affiliate.

Richard Slavin, M.D., longtime chief executive officer at the 1,400-doctor Palo Alto Medical Foundation, one of the region’s largest and most influential medical groups, plans to retire Jan. 4.

Will payer mergers stifle competition? Let us know (Poll)

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http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/will-payer-mergers-stifle-competition-let-us-know-poll?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohvKTIZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JT8JrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

With Anthem set to buy Cigna and Aetna buying Humana, AHA executives sent a letter last week to the Department of Justice's antitrust division over concerns that consolidation among those largest payers could spell disaster for competition.

 

Pension funds linger, even make comeback, among healthcare providers

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While not as prevalent as they once were, healthcare pension plans still represent a significant fiduciary obligation.

While not as prevalent as they once were, healthcare pension plans still represent a significant fiduciary obligation.

What the NLRB joint staffing decision means for healthcare

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http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/what-the-nlrb-joint-staffing-decision-means-for-healthcare/405102/

Lasst week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that contract workers are jointly-employed by both their temporary staffing agencies and the organizations for which they are working; this means both organizations can be held responsible for labor violations committed by contractors. The ruling will also make it easier for contract workers and other temporary employees to unionize.