Andrew Cass

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Andrew Cass

Palmdale (Calif.) Regional Medical Center has named Joe Nocie CFO, according to a post on its LinkedIn page. Mr. Nocie previously served as CFO of Kankakee, Ill.-based St. Mary Hospital, according to the post. His past experience also includes serving as CFO for Sacramento, Calif.-based Dignity Health Methodist Hospital. The 184-bed Palmdale Regional Medical Center is part of Temecula, Calif.-based Southwest Healthcare.

1 week ago | beckerspayer.com | Andrew Cass

Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. CentraCare, based in Saint Cloud, Minn., seeks a senior director of payer contracting and relations. 2. Cooper University Health Care, based in Camden, N.J., seeks a manager of managed care contracts. 3. Houston Methodist seeks a vice president of managed care. 4.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Andrew Cass

The Indiana Health Department will decide in the coming weeks whether to approve the merger of two Terre Haute hospitals in what would be the last deal of its kind, Inside Indiana Business reported June 18. Union Health is seeking to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital under the state’s Certificate of Public Advantage statute, which allows healthcare mergers to bypass typical antitrust scrutiny if the benefits to the community clearly outweigh any loss of competition.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Andrew Cass

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare laid off about 36 positions across two hospitals, citing continuing post-COVID-19 financial challenges, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettereported June 18. The cuts affect Penn Highlands Connellsville (Pa.) and Penn Highlands Mon Valley in Monongahela, Pa., according to the report. Twenty-six of the employees laid off were in nonclinical roles.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Andrew Cass

The owner of a Chicago laboratory was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a $14 million COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. What happened? Zishan Alvi, 46, of Inverness, Ill., owned and operated a laboratory in Chicago that performed testing for COVID-19, according to a June 18 Justice Department news release. In 2021 and 2022, the lab submitted claims to the Health Resources and Services Administration for COVID-19 tests that were either not performed or not performed correctly.