Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC) Board of Directors and Administrative Council recently made the decision to evaluate how a relationship with a larger health system could help YRMC expand healthcare in the Quad City region.
YRMC is a locally owned, locally operated, not-for-profit healthcare provider with acute care...Arizona Comings & Goings
Anne Henry is now the Divisional Contract Manager for Arizona and Nevada at Dignity Health; she was formerly a Senior Manager of Payor Contracting for Arizona Pain Specialists....National News
After failing to agree on a contract, most Cigna customers in California won't find Dignity's hospitals, outpatient surgery centers and medical groups in their provider directory as of January 1, 2020.
Cigna ended another Dignity Health contract Dec. 1 in Nevada citing the system was overpriced for the region - an argument it...Arizona News
More than 300 healthcare businesses and more than 14,000 are employed in the healthcare sector in Gilbert, located southeast of Phoenix, a town on a mission to be the "City of the Future".
In an interview with Community Impact, Avison Young, a principal at commercial real estate company Avison Young, explained Gilbert's...Arizona News
According to the HHS Office of the Inspector General, the hospital overstated its wages and wage-related costs by $12.3 million - an error that could have resulted in more than $11 in overpayments to Arizona hospitals.
The 595-bed nonprofit hospital in midtown Phoenix is part of the CommonSpirit (formerly Dignity Health)...Arizona News
The merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health created CommonSpirit Health in February.
According to Modern Healthcare, the two-month old system reported an operating gain of $144 million in the prior-year period, a gain derived from the two separate systems, pre-merger. CommonSpirit's operating margin fell from 2...
Nonprofit hospitals across Arizona are struggling to control expenses, although revenues total billions of dollars, profits are dwarfed due to massive costs.
According to data from the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association provided for Jan. 2019, for a 12-month period ending Jan. 31, average hospital operating margins for...Arizona Comings & Goings
The merger creating a new company called CommonSpirit Health won't close before the New Year as expected. The merger will create a system with a fleet of 140 hospitals (five in Arizona) operating across 16 states.
CommonSpirit Health would also include 700 care sites and employ 159,000 employees and about 25,000 physicians and other...Arizona News
The California Attorney Generals office gave Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) conditional approval to merge and create a non-profit health system--CommonSpirit Health. Last November the two hospitals signed an agreement to combine operations following a year of negotiations.
CommonSpirit Health will include...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
Agreement includes all Dignity Services and updates the patient centered medical home (PCMH) arrangement.
From the jointly released press release:
“Providing affordable quality care with compassion is what we stand for,” said Dignity Health Vice President of Managed Care Ethel Hoffman. “Being a part of BCBSAZ’s network...National News
The medical records capability will roll out through a beta available to the general public in the coming months.
Google and Microsoft have had products available for years but lacked the ability to integrate information from a variety of sources. Apple thinks they have found the way.
The new Apple offering will have the advantage...Arizona Comings & Goings
Ethel Hoffman replaces the retiring Carolyn Pace as the new vice president of managed care for Dignity Health. Before joining Dignity Health, Hoffman was responsible for the strategic development of relationships with governmental and commercial health plans for the Phoenix Children's enterprise, including Phoenix Children's Hospital,...Arizona News
The longtime managed care executive replaces Carolyn Pace, who recently retired; Hoffman was previously the VP of managed care and business development for Phoenix Children's Hospital
Both Carolyn Pace and Ethel Hoffman are Advisors to The Hertel Report.
...Arizona News
A five story tower will serve women and children on the Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus in 2020.
Construction is set to begin in the fall of 2018.
The new facility will provide Mercy Gilbert with expanded obstetrics services and a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit. Mercy Gilbert will operate 24 labor and...