Recently we have seen a resurgence in four key areas in the healthcare arena as it relates to hospitals and physicians and the compensation and financial relationships between them.  There are a number of factors driving each of these four trends including: (i) consistent downward pressure on reimbursement, (ii) uncertainty about the future, (iii) efforts [...]

According to a press release issued on July 22, NC DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler has named Drexdal Pratt the new Director of the Division of Health Services Regulation, effective August 1, 2010. For the past 12 years, Pratt has been the chief of the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS). Jeff Hortonhas been the acting [...]

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the outstanding Power Breakfast program presented by the Wilmington Business Journal on healthcare. Rob Kaiser, Publisher of WBJ did a tremendous job in planning and promoting this event. It was a packed house and one of the better panel discussions I’ve seen recently on healthcare. The panelists [...]

The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that Ronald Paulus has been named the new CEO of Mission Health System, effective September 1. Paulus comes from Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania where we was executive vice president of clinical operations and chief innovation officer. You can read the full article here. document.getElementById(“post-928-blankimage”).onload();

Thanks to all of you who attended our recent program here in Charlotte at the Ritz-Carlton titled “The State of Healthcare in North Carolina: Hospitals and Surgery Centers.” We had a full house for the complimentary event. We also wanted to thank our lead speaker – Howard Salmon, Vice President, Premier Consulting Solutions –  who [...]