Nurse supervision opt-out upheld in Colorado by state’s Supreme Court

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/nurse-supervision-opt-out-upheld-colorado-states-supreme-court

Rule allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in rural and critical access hospitals without direct physician supervision under rules developed by each facility in consultation with the medical staff.

Rule allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in rural and critical access hospitals without direct physician supervision under rules developed by each facility in consultation with the medical staff.

Hospital finance teams grow amid reimbursement challenges

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hospital-finance-teams-grow-amid-reimbursement-challenges

For many hospitals and healthcare centers, the CFO, the controller, and the reimbursement manager - form the new 'trinity' of finance leadership.

For many hospitals and healthcare centers, the CFO, the controller, and the reimbursement manager – form the new ‘trinity’ of finance leadership.

Healthcare compensation targeted by public, government amid budget concerns

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthcare-compensation-targeted-public-government-amid-budget-concerns

As patients, consumers, governments and the media are all following the money in healthcare, more scrutiny than ever is falling on executive pay.

U.S. Trustee Asks Hutcheson Medical Center Bankruptcy Be Dismissed; Says Hospital Too Far In Debt With No Reorganization Plan; Patient Care At Risk; HMC Says Care Still Good

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2015/8/18/306402/U.S.-Trustee-Asks-Hutcheson-Medical.aspx

Bankruptcy - Next Exit Sign

Dignity Health joins Obamacare-inspired joint venture to help run hospitals in Arizona

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/09/dignity-health-carondelet-tenet-ascensi-hospitals.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150907

Linda Hunt is president and CEO of Dignity Health's Arizona operations.

ON LEADERSHIP AND VULNERABILITY

http://linked2leadership.com/2015/09/04/leadership-and-vulnerability/

Vulnerability

For some reason, people in leadership roles have this idea that they have to be impervious – that showing emotion, vulnerability, or weakness of any kind somehow devalues their status.

4.4 percent of Americans don’t receive medical care because of cost

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/44-percent-americans-dont-receive-medical-care-because-cost/2015-09-01

CDC data finds percentage down from 6.9 in 2009, but barriers remain