The Phoenix-based non-profit and the valley’s largest health system is seeking to fill 1,500 positions at a time when nursing shortages are of national concern. Throughout the month of September, Banner Health will host various career open houses to fill out its nursing staff, leadership and entry-level positions as well as...Arizona News
Emotional and inspirational were two words consistently used to describe the 17th annual healthcare heroes awards presented by The Phoenix Business Journal.
Kathy Bollinger, longtime Banner Health executive, retired in June and spent a month on the beach. It must have agreed with her, as she was effervescent as ever when she...Arizona News
According to the latest list from the Phoenix Business Journal, Banner Health, HonorHealth and Dignity Health Arizona rank in the top ten of all employers by number of employees.With over 36,000 full-time employees in Arizona, Banner Health and its $7.8 billion in revenue has long been the top health system in Arizona when it comes to...Arizona News
There's nothing easy about transitioning to a new EHR system, but Arizona's largest health system's conversion from from Epic to Cerner on October 1, 2017 was an especially bumpy conversion in southern Arizona.
According to public records acquired from an Arizona Department of Health investigation, at the request of the Arizona Daily...Arizona News
Banner-University Medical Center (UMC) Tucson will not be sporting "magnet" status like it has for 15 years prior, choosing to focus on its new $443 million facility opening in April of 2019.
The designation is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a prestigious title given to less that 10 percent of hospitals...Arizona News
Banner Health and Lyft announced a partnership Thursday, offering patients a transportation solution to and from medical appointments in the near future, available in most Arizona Banner hospitals.
A press release from Banner Health confirmed the service will also be provided at: "urgent care sites and many of its centers, clinics...Arizona Bricks & Mortar
Confirming its commitment to be the major hospital company in the east valley, Banner Health will build a new 120 bed facility adjacent to its existing Banner Health Center at Loop 202 San Tan Freeway and Alma School Road. Expecting an opening in the fall of 2020, Banner will spend more than $150 million on the project.
“We want...Arizona News
The National Institutes of Health study, called the All of Us Research program examines DNA and health data from one million people across the U.S.
The UA's goal is to find 100,000 of the one million people, which is possible through its affiliation with Banner Health.
Dr. Andreas Theodorou, chief education officer for Banner...Arizona News
Health systems wanting to expand the use of advanced practice clinicians have reported resistance from their doctors over quality concerns.
Banner sought to transform its approach to care delivery with a more consumer-centered healthcare experience and efficiently utilizing its workforce. The fifteen-hospital system employees 18,000...
Banner Health plans $1.7 billion in construction projects this year,
As Arizona's largest health system, nonprofit and private employer, facilities are where the work is done. Growing enterprises must maintain the pace.
The majority of those projects - $1.4 billion - are in Arizona. The Phoenix Business Journal quotes Kip Edwards,...
The $18.3 million settlement agreement released Friday by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, calls for a long list of reforms that Banner must implement then maintain for five years.
Banner's present legal trouble stemmed from a whistleblower complaint filed under the False Claims Act in 2013 by Cecilia...Arizona News
Banner Health has agreed to pay the United States over $18 million to settle allegations that 12 of its hospitals in Arizona and Colorado knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare by admitting patients who could have been treated on a less costly outpatient basis.
The settlement resolves allegations that 12 Banner Health hospitals...
According to a 127-page study conducted by the American MedSpa Association (AmSpa), medical spas are an approximately $4 billion industry with a revenue growth trajectory of eight percent annually.
Banner Health Center, Arizona’s largest healthcare network, announced the opening of its first onsite medical spa this week at...
According to year-end financials, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights is investigating Banner Health over its 2016 breach that exposed the data of 3.7 million patients at 27 locations.
HealthcareIT News reports in June 2016, hackers got into Banner’s payment processing system at its food and...
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
