In Flagstaff, Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Children’s Health Center received a $270,000 donation from UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Arizona to upgrade pediatric rehabilitation and diagnostic services. Also this week, the Scottsdale Saguaros granted $250,000 to the Banner Health Foundation to support Banner Children’s...Arizona Comings & Goings
Dave Cheney, NAH President and CEO, was named one of northern Arizona’s “Movers and Shakers” by Sedona Monthly Magazine. Read more here
Congratulations Dave!...Arizona News
Northern Arizona Healthcare has launched its 2030 Strategic Plan, a roadmap for the next five years built from community feedback and internal assessment. The plan centers on four imperatives: prioritizing people and community, advancing clinical excellence, growing reach with a modern referral hospital, and stabilizing finances.
The...Arizona News
Three major Arizona health systems are making significant strides to improve access and meet community needs—infrastructure investment, national recognition, and strategic partnerships are all part of the story.
Northern Arizona Healthcare Expands in Flagstaff
Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) is moving forward with a redesigned...Arizona Comings & Goings
Quynh Chau, PhD, is now the interim chief financial officer at Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH). Former chief financial officer, Cliff Loader has left the health system.
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This new care coordination agreement will expand Northern Arizona Healthcare's (NAH) services across all of its northern Arizona locations to include consultations and virtual appointments for patients with complex or rare forms of cancer.
Patients within NAH's rural service area can now access specialty oncology services through...Arizona Bricks & Mortar
The project is a complete interior remodel and expansion of the former Summit Center and according to the Northern Arizona non-profit health system, the new center is a reimagining of the outpatient environment originally envisioned at the Fort Tuthill wellness village Flagstaff voters rejected in November 2023.
The remodeling and...Arizona News
As it recovers from its thumping at the ballot box, the Northern Arizona health system said it would forge ahead with its plans to build a new hospital but will evaluate alternative locations.
The special election November 7 wasn't close with 72% rejecting a zoning change to allow Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) to construct a new...Arizona News
Last Friday, Coconino County Superior Court Judge Brent D. Harris allowed a referendum to proceed that seeks to overturn the City of Flagstaff's zoning approval to build a replacement hospital. Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) unsuccessfully argued that the petition that landed the referendum on the November ballot was misleading and...Arizona News
Northern Arizona Healthcare filed its request July 25, 2023 with the Coconino Superior Court arguing Flagstaff voters were not given accurate information about the system's proposed Health and Wellness Village before signing a citizen-led petition to refer the issue to the fall ballot.
Since the Flagstaff City Council agreed in early...Arizona News
EntireCare provides patients with prescribed physical, occupational, speech , and hand therapies, including comprehensive evaluations and individualized treatment plans. Northern Arizona Healthcare's other clinic locations include East Flagstaff and Flagstaff Medical Center.
Read more from Northern Arizona Healthcare...Arizona News
After CEO Flo Sparrow resigned in August 2022, Tinkle was appointed as the acting CEO during the health system's executive search which concluded with the hiring of new CEO Dave Cheney, who is now looking for a new COO after Tinkle was fired on Friday.
A news release from NAH explained that Cheney is looking forward to conducting an...Arizona News
On Monday, June 5, 2023, the non-profit health system's board of directors announced it was placing Tinkle on administrative leave during a personnel investigation and moving up the start date for its new CEO Dave Cheney to next week, June 12, 2023. An unauthenticated social media video is making the rounds allegedly depicting Tinkle and...Arizona Comings & Goings
David Cheney begins his new role as chief executive officer of Northern Arizona Healthcare in July 2023.
Cheney was formerly the chief executive officer of Sutter Health Hospitals in California and chief executive officer of Banner Health’s Bosewell
Medical Center in Sun City, Arizona....Arizona News
In a split vote last Wednesday, P&Z commissioners recommended the Flagstaff City Council reject the $800M hospital project on nearly 173 acres near Ft. Tuthill County Park. Flagstaff council members have a scheduled vote on May 2, well before newly hired David Cheney assumes his role as CEO of Northern Arizona Healthcare...
A snapshot of Arizona hospital-based health systems in Arizona including their size and scope, net profits, net margins, patient revenue, payor mix, quality ratings, partnerships, ACO affiliations, leadership lists, and more. Also included: the latest news on Rural Emergency Hospitals and the complicated financials of nonprofit...
Jim Elco is the new vice president strategy and financial planning for Northern Arizona Healthcare and Pasquale Bernardi is now president of NAH Medical Group.
Ronald Haase, chief systems officer retired in July.Arizona News
On August 12, 2022, Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced Florence (Flo) Spyrow stepped down as the system's president and CEO. The NAH board of directors immediately appointed COO Josh Tinkle as acting CEO.
Chairman of the NAH board of directors Bill Riley expects the national search will be completed in the next six to nine...
The nursing workforce shortage shows no sign of letting up, with concerns rising for providers both nationally and in Arizona. While the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) debates efforts to intervene with workforce protections from future COVID surges, experts suggest that efforts for recruitment and retention may...
