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Despite recent controversies, the executive oversaw major growth at the marquee health system.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló passed law lowering physicians' income taxes to 4 percent if they complete 180 hours of medically related community service.
The offer was made via a letter sent by President Betsy Nabel and Executive Vice President Ron Walls.
Among other key findings, gender wage gap strongly persists among physicians as female docs make less regardless of geography, specialty.
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, nursing homes have denied admission to thousands of patients over the past year because they lack essential staff.
Andrew Hayek, who was CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates when it was acquired by Optum, named CEO of OptumHealth.
Country has grown increasingly dependent on the health sector to power the economy as Obamacare helped boost job growth, experts say.
Center for Children's Digestive Health shared protected health info with FileFax, but didn't have a BAA in place.
Employers in New York, Michigan and Illinois accounted for the most H-1B visa applications for foreign physicians, nearly a third of the total.
The federal government has proposed requiring that accreditors release reports on the problems they find during hospital inspections. Right now, the reports are secret.