The new clinic located at 6524 W. Sack Drive in Glendale began serving families on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.
The 45,000-square-foot clinic, the first phase of a new Arrowhead campus for the pediatric health system, will provide care in more than two dozen specialties, including 10 pediatric specialties such as psychology,...Arizona News
Banner|Aetna, a joint venture by Banner Health and Aetna (CVS) and Phoenix Children's both received the award designed to honor organizations and leaders forging transformation and delivering measurable results that drive care quality and contribute to clinical and financial goals.
Banner|Aetna is one of eight insurers offering 2024...Arizona News
On October 6, 2023, the two organizations reached a new multi-year contract agreement. The updated contract terms include an effective date of August 7, 2023, ensuring patient families receive in-network coverage since that date.
Phoenix Children’s will continue to offer comprehensive pediatric healthcare services for Aetna...Arizona News
Citing an increasingly common complaint of problematic claim denials, Arizona's revered pediatric health system terminated its agreement with Aetna as of August 7, 2023. As the two parties continue to negotiate, all Phoenix Children’s providers, including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix Children’s Medical Group, Phoenix...
After months of negotiating on a contract set to expire May 31, 2023, the parties brokered a multi-year agreement for UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored and individual commercial plans.
Rising staffing and technology costs, inflation and the increased use of excessive prior authorization and claim denials are making for contentious...
Pediatric neurologist Neil Friedman is now the permanent director of Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s. He has served as the institute’s interim director since 2022.
As UnitedHealthcare and Phoenix Children's continue their negotiations the insurer is asserting the regional pediatric hospital system is demanding unreasonable language changes and a 30% price increase over three years. Not true, according to Phoenix Children's in a letter to employees which stated UHC had offered a 3.1% cumulative...
After months of tough negotiations, a new agreement between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) and Dignity Health's Yavapai Regional Medical Center is now in effect as Phoenix Children's announced its conducting contract negotiations with UnitedHealthcare (UHC).
Increasingly difficult negotiations are now happening between...
Vladimir Kalinichenko, MD, PhD, will serve as Director for the Phoenix Children’s Research Institute at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, and professor of Child Health with tenure.
Dr. Kalinichenko, internationally renowned for his research in lung development and regeneration, will assume his post this...Arizona News
As discussions continue and the contract is being finalized, Phoenix Children’s remains an in-network provider for families with Cigna employer-sponsored health coverage. The original contract between the provider and payor was set to expire January 31, 2023.
President and CEO Robert L. Meyer said the children's hospital is...Arizona News
Formerly part of Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, the 39 pediatric anesthesiologists are now directly employed by Phoenix Children's Medical Group as of December 1, 2022.
The anesthesiology practice said it has a longstanding relationship with Phoenix Children's and will miss its team members, "Families will continue to be in good...Arizona News
Phoenix Children's commercial contract with Cigna expires Jan. 31, 2023 and there's no new agreement yet.
One of the largest pediatric healthcare systems in the country, Phoenix Children's is located in central Phoenix and is already out of network for Arizona Cigna Marketplace and Medicare Advantage plan members, but Cigna's...Arizona News
As part of the multi-year agreement, the health system will open a new 3,915 square-foot clinic offering sports medicine and urgent care at the park. Phoenix Children’s – Bell Bank Park will serve young athletes injured on the field or court as well as children and adolescents throughout the community.
Last week, Legacy...Arizona Comings & Goings
Phoenix Children's has recruited two senior nursing leaders to serve in executive positions for the growing pediatric health system.
Rhonda Thompson, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, now serves as chief nursing officer (CNO) and senior vice president of patient care services. Katie Penson, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, now serves as vice president of...Arizona Comings & Goings
Tiffanie Oenning is now the director of payor contracts for HonorHealth. She was previously director of managed care at Phoenix
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As hospitalizations and mortality rates trend down in the state for the first time in weeks, the human toll sinks in as Arizona deaths from COVID on Wednesday topped 13,574.
Now fifth in the nation with 10,530 cases per 100,000 according to the CDC and still at a 14+% positivity rate, Arizona isn't out of the woods.
Even with...
Formerly vice president and CFO at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus, part of San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare, Cornicelli says Phoenix Children's is at an inflection point.
After spending 22 years at Sharp, Cornicelli joined Phoenix Children's in June. Active in the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Cornicelli has served...Arizona News
The technology changes were made possible through intense collaboration between department physicians and staff and IT professionals.
VP and Chief Medical Information Officer Vinay Vaidya, MD, cites improvements in clinical documentation and report dashboards across all ambulatory clinics for raising physician productivity and...
Our May 2019 newsletter features future changes for Medicare Advantage plans, Arizona healthcare wins within the state’s approved 2020 budget and a comprehensive look at Association Health Plans from Publisher Jim Hammond. The May issue also includes Leapfrog Hospital top safety grades for Arizona hospitals, updates on ACA navigator...