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NewsLocal hospitals struggle with larger out-of-town competition
Local hospitals in New York are facing steep competition from big-city, out-of-town hospitals that are opening up satellite facilities and forming partnerships with area providers, The Journal News Read more...
Catholic Healthcare West curbs religious ties to expand
Catholic Healthcare West is ending its board's association with the Catholic church and changing its name to Dignity Health in a governance restructure that will help the system expand nationally, Read more...
ACLU: Catholic hospitals that deny life-saving abortions violate EMTALA
In the wake of the standoff that led to a Phoenix-based bishop's revoking of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Catholic status, the American Civil Liberties Union is calling on CMS to ensure Read more...
Abortion dispute endangers hospital's Catholic status
In the wake of a decision by Phoenix-based Catholic facility St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to proceed with an abortion on a dying woman last May, the city's Catholic bishop has given the Read more...
Report calls patient care at religious-based institutions 'largely unpredictable,' 'compromised'
On the heels of news that a nun in Phoenix was reprimanded, reassigned and excommunicated for allowing a life-saving abortion comes word from the National Health Law Program that one out of every six Read more...
Catholic hospitals draw criticism from both sides after nun allows abortion to proceed
The excommunication and reassignment of a nun who permitted physicians at her Arizona-based Catholic hospital to proceed with an abortion has caused some to question the safety of Catholic hospitals Read more...
Cerberus-Caritas deal includes Catholic escape hatch
If complying with the church's teachings should compromise the hospitals' financial viability, Caritas Christi suitor Cerberus Capital Management will be able shed the six Boston hospitals' religious Read more...
Physicians face conflicts between faith and medicine
In the first study examining physicians' personal feelings about practicing medicine at religiously affiliated organizations, one in five primary-care physicians reported experiencing conflict over Read more...
Caritas sale to make for largest for-profit switch in Massachusetts history
Caritas Christi Health Care, which runs six Catholic community hospitals in Massachusetts, making it the second-largest hospital group in the state, has agreed to be acquired by New York private Read more...
| Press ReleasesCatholic Healthcare West is Now Dignity HealthNew Name and Governance Structure Positions Not-for-Profit Organization for Growth SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the fifth largest health system in the nation, Read more >> |
