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Stephanie Bouchard

Stephanie is the Managing Editor for Healthcare Finance News. Follow Stephanie on Twitter @SBouchardME.

By Stephanie Bouchard | 01:16 pm | December 20, 2012
A new survey by CareerBuilder found that this year eight in 10 healthcare businesses have been impacted by bad hires, costing companies thousands of dollars.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:29 am | December 20, 2012
As lawmakers debate the ingredients of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, a long-term care membership organization offers a recipe for post-acute system reform that can be adapted for all sectors of healthcare.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 09:00 pm | December 17, 2012
The National Quality Forum announced that Christine Cassel, MD, will become its president and CEO mid-summer 2013 when she leaves her decade-long post as president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation. Cassel took a few minutes to talk to Healthcare Finance News about her upcoming role.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 01:52 pm | December 17, 2012
One of Texas' largest health systems is getting larger. Scott & White Healthcare and Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System announced late on Dec. 14 that they have signed an agreement to merge, creating a $7.7 billion organization.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:14 am | December 17, 2012
The National Quality Forum announced today that Christine Cassel, MD, the long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, will become its new president and CEO effective mid-summer 2013.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:13 am | December 14, 2012
A Connecticut nursing home chain ordered to reinstate approximately 600 to 700 workers has filed an appeal and is seeking to stay implementation of the order.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:21 am | December 13, 2012
As the home care market becomes increasingly competitive, two worker-owned cooperative home care agencies get proactive by becoming the first home care companies in the country to be certified B Corporations.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 04:55 pm | December 11, 2012
United Health Foundation's 2012 America's Health Rankings revealed that while Americans are living longer, unhealthy behaviors and preventable illnesses threaten quality of life and add to healthcare costs.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:12 am | December 11, 2012
A confidential memo obtained by a major New England newspaper says that Steward Health Care System withdrew from a deal to acquire Mercy Health System because the Maine system misrepresented its finances.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:42 am | December 10, 2012
An annual list of issues facing physicians doesn't offer any surprises. The Physicians Foundation released today its Physicians Watch List, five issues the nonprofit organization has identified as likely to have the most impact on doctors in 2013.