Scott Nordlund is now the chief strategy and growth officer for Banner Health and a member of its senior leadership team. He was formerly executive VP of Partnership, Growth and Innovation for Select Medical Corp., a national network of specialty hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics and occupational health centers.
On...Arizona News
As Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, he will be part of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to President & CEO Peter S. Fine.
Nordlund's role will be to plan, direct and evaluate the organization’s strategic activities and goals to ensure they meet customer expectations for high quality outcomes and superior service.
He...Arizona News
Bollinger is delaying her retirement with Banner Health until the end of May to help Goldberg transition into his new role.
Goldberg has begun transitioning into his new role as president of Banner - University Medicine, overseeing Banner's three academic medical centers in Tucson and Phoenix as well as Banner — University Medical...Arizona News
Kellogg hired as Regional Vice President, Provider Experience for the Central West Region. Kellogg will be responsible for oversight of Humana’s Commercial and Medicare provider networks in Humana’s Central West Region, which encompasses Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. In this role, he will be responsible for building...Arizona News
Banner Health has been preparing to transition its Tucson facilities from Epic to the Cerner EHR, which is used by the rest of the health system, since it entered the Tucson market in 2015.
Difficulties arise from a $45 million conversion to a new EHR — electronic health records — platform. The conversion is the second new EHR...Arizona Comings & Goings
Dr. Marjorie Bessel is now Banner Health's chief clinical officer and part of its senior leadership team. Her career at Banner spans more than a decade; she most recently was the VP and CMO for community delivery, including hospital and ambulatory operations.Arizona News
The joint venture will operate physical therapy centers and acute inpatient hospitals in Arizona.
Banner Health will be the majority owner; Select Medical will serve as managing partner.
In the agreement, the combined outpatient rehabilitation services will include 26 Select Physical Therapy centers currently operating in the...Arizona Comings & Goings
Lori Cummins is now the director of post-acute alignment, academic division at Banner Health. She was formerly the regional sales director for Preferred Homecare/Lifecare Solutions....National News
Trial provision of radiology services by RIA at Banner's North Colorado Medical Center enhanced patients' care with expertise, efficiency and compassion.
Banner Health and RIA will now partner at all the Northern Colorado facilities: McKee Medical Center and Banner Skyline Center for Health in Loveland, Banner Fort Collins Medical...Arizona News
Banner — University Medicine North to open two miles north of the main campus.
The Arizona Daily Star reports the three-floor Banner – University Medicine North occupies 13 acres at 3838 N. Campbell Ave., just east of the cancer center. The clinic, which officially opens Dec. 28, was designed to replace a multitude of cramped and...Arizona Comings & Goings
Snyder brings 20 years of public and private sector health care experience to her new role.
She has been serving as the Medicaid director for the state of Texas in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, overseeing a $29 billion program serving 4.7 million people. At AHCCCS she will oversee daily administrative and program...Arizona News
In bondholder documents, Banner Health reports revenues of $5.84 billion for first nine months of 2017, up 2.7% from same period last year.Also reported were increased expenses of $5.65 billion, up 2.4%. Operating income was up 12.1% at $191.2 million, versus $170.5 from the same period in 2016. Net income went from $182.5 to $500.5...Arizona News
Banner Health's former CFO is named Mayo Clinic's Chief Financial Officer after a national search.
Dahlen joins Mayo Clinic after 11 years as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Banner Health, an integrated health care delivery system in Phoenix.
Dahlen says:
I’m thrilled to join Mayo Clinic, an...Arizona News
The marketplace is unique in several ways in Pima County.
Local residents should expect lower premium increases and more choice than they had for coverage in 2017.
The enrollment period, which ends at midnight Dec. 15, is half the length of what it was last year, and federal dollars to market it have been slashed. Healthcare.gov is...
A new three-year agreement between the state's largest health system, Banner Health and Health Net of Arizona (Centene) begins December 1, 2017 for Health Net Ambetter members, a marketplace product and January 1, 2018, for those enrolled in the insurer's commercial group, Medicare Advantage and AHCCCS products.
Members enrolled in...
Margo Karsten, chief executive officer for three Banner Health hospitals in Northern Colorado, will take on the role of Western Division president on January 1st, 2018. She will be replacing Jim Ferando who plans to retire in late January. Karsten will continue to serve as CEO for North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, McKee Medical...Arizona News
The Phoenix medical school was put on accreditation warning status in 2015.
At the time the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) expressed concerns that Dr. Stuart Flynn, the founding dean of the Phoenix medical school, wasn't being given enough control to run the school in the wake of what was then a new partnership with...Arizona News
Academic institutions and streamlined clinical facilities sometimes have different perspectives.
When entities like a large successful hospital system merges with two medical schools adjustments are necessary to smooth cultural integration.
Banner Health's move into Tucson in 2015 marked the first time the company tried to operate...National News
New duties are added to the three Colorado hospitals she serves as CEO.
Karsten will continue to serve as CEO for North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, McKee Medical Center in Loveland and Banner Fort Collins Medical Center in Fort Collins.
Karsten will be supported by Hoyt Skabelund, Western Division CEO overseeing Banner’s...