Madeline Ashley

As AI increasingly integrates into healthcare, Angela Lalas, executive vice president of finance and CFO at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health, is focused on the impact it will have on workforce, healthcare finance and operations. “[Generative] and agentic AI is transforming the revenue cycle, the operational workflows and even how the clinicians provide care, how […]

Like many healthcare leaders, Ted Wang, CFO of Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health, is keeping a close eye on the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after it passed July 4.  “We all are anticipating a sizable cut and impact to our financials, including the MediCal reimbursement,” Mr. Wang said during a […]

Christopher Alvarez has been named CFO of Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colo., according to a July 31 LinkedIn post. Mr. Alvarez also serves as an affiliate professor at Regis University in Denver, according to his LinkedIn page. Prior to his new role, Mr. Alvarez served as controller of Keefe Memorial Health Service District in […]

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has shared plans to build a $200 million full-service hospital and medical building in West Lafayette, Ind.  The 200,000-square-foot, 40 inpatient-bed hospital will comprise a 24/7 emergency department, specialty care, surgical and procedural services, outpatient services, lab and imaging, and shell space for expansion, according to a July 31 news […]

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has shared plans to sell its former San Antonio-based Christus Santa Rosa Hospital—Medical Center to University Health, also in San Antonio, for $71 million. The decision comes after a unanimous vote from the Bexar County Hospital District board of managers approved the parties’ plans to enter into a purchase and sale […]

In late May, Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health shared its plan to reopen Williamston, N.C.-based Martin General Hospital as the state’s first rural emergency hospital. The plan would also make Martin General, which closed Aug. 3, 2023, after it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the nation’s first hospital to reopen under an REH model. Andy Zukowski, […]

The Senate voted 51-47 on July 29 to confirm Susan Monarez, PhD, as the new CDC director following her nomination by President Donald Trump in March.  Dr. Monarez has served as acting CDC director since January and became President Trump’s nominee after he withdrew his previous pick, David Weldon, MD, just hours before his first […]

Burlington-based The University of Vermont Health Network has eliminated 146 vacant and full-time roles and paused performance-based pay for leaders for the fiscal year ending in September.  Of the 146 roles, only 77 were filled, which resulted in 68 staff- and nine leader-level layoffs on July 29. Most of the impacted staff are part of […]

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez approved Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation on July 25, allowing the financially troubled system to distribute proceeds to creditors and wind down operations.  Steward sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection May 6, 2024, and has since worked to offload or close its hospitals.  The updated […]

Noel Sousa started his new role as CFO of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System in mid-July, but his more than three decades of healthcare finance leadership have positioned him to navigate the system’s landscape with a collaborative and transparent mindset. “I love finance and I love numbers, but I like making an impact in […]