Here are two physicians who made announcements to move into or out of the CEO role at hospitals and health systems in October, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Steve McLaughlin, MD, was named CEO of UNM Hospital and vice president…
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Here are 13 chief medical officer appointments and exits that occurred in October, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Nicole Salow, MD, was named the inaugural chief medical officer of Manchester, Iowa-based Regional Medical Center. 2. Trisa Danz, MD, was named…
For San Juan Regional Medical Center, a community hospital in Farmington, N.M. that serves the remote Four Corners region, surgical access is a lifeline. The nearest large tertiary medical center is roughly 180 miles away. Until recently, the hospital’s Excel-based…
UNC Health CEO Cristy Page, MD, received the American Academy of Family Physicians’ 2026 Robert Graham Physician Executive Award, the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based system said in an Oct. 21 news release. The AAFP awarded Dr. Page the honor at its…
Marit Health, a jobs and compensation platform for clinicians, has launched Community, an online forum where verified physicians and advanced practice providers can discuss compensation, contracts and careers, according to an Oct. 20 blog post from the company. Members must…
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Physicians who reported improvements in their immediate supervisors’ leadership behavior were less likely to leave their organizations over the following two years, according to a study published Oct. 14 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at Stanford Medicine (Calif.) analyzed 7,351…
St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare and St. Cloud State University have partnered to launch a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare System Leadership program beginning in January. Four things to know: 1. The 33-credit graduate program will combine business fundamentals with…
Physicians who take on medical director roles often assume legal and financial risks they don’t fully understand, according to an Oct. 15 Medscape report. Here are eight things to know: 1. The title “medical director” has no legal definition, said…
About 7.1% of full-time physicians report receiving a leadership stipend, roughly 1 in 14, according to a Sept. 30 analysis from Marit Health. The median stipend is $25,000 a year, or about 5% of total compensation for physicians who receive…
When health systems decide who should lead the medical groups they own, choosing a physician comes with a clear price tag, and new data shows that premium is holding steady. Physician presidents and CEOs of health system-owned medical groups earned…