Jeff Lagasse
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land becomes the first Houston-area hospital, and the third in Texas, to win the award.
The hospital has a model 2 bundled payment program for its congestive heart failure patients.
Average of all one-star hospitals, immediate service base shows almost $21K less in household median income, 28.3 percent more in poverty.
49 percent say they "often or always" experience feelings of burnout, would not recommend a career in medicine to their children.
There were only 130 of them in 2006, but by 2012 there were 1,400 nationwide; third of population lives within 10 minutes of one.
Parent companies' boards have appointed Rob Coppedge as CEO, will lead the combined strategic investment company.
Physicians should be models of leadership, articulate individual responsibilities, encourage insights from other team members, AMA says.
One in three American adults -- about 80 million people -- has high blood pressure, and according to the AMA that number is steadily climbing.
Kindred had previously announced a plan to exit its skilled nursing facilities business, or renew the current lease on its unpurchased facilities through 2025.
iVantage exec says new administration could pay closer attention to the Save Rural Hospitals Act, a bill that was proposed in 2015 with bipartisan support.