Gregory Ammon was appointed president of Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates, Ill., effective Sept. 13. Mr. Ammon has served as the hospital’s COO since 2023, overseeing growth strategies, clinical programming and patient experience, according to a…
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San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare has reduced its workforce and realigned operations across several areas of the health system, affecting about 260 employees, according to an Aug. 11 statement shared with Becker’s. Many of those employees were immediately offered alternative employment…
California’s workplace safety regulator has cited Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco a combined $273,200 in proposed penalties following the fatal stabbing of a social worker at the hospital’s HIV clinic in December. The…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is updating the behavioral healthcare model at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., a move that will affect about 40 positions, the health system said May 11. The changes will take effect July 14, according…
Care New England has introduced a new name for care at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I.: Butler Behavioral Health. The rebrand reflects “the full range of behavioral and cognitive health services available at Butler Hospital,” according to a news release…
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King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is continuing to execute its growth strategy, with a focus on outpatient and behavioral health expansion, President and CEO Marc D. Miller told Becker’s. The system’s recent plan to acquire online behavioral health…
About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists, social workers and psychologists plan to hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike March 18, according to a news release from the National Union of Healthcare Workers shared with Becker’s. The workers provide…
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are set to begin an open-ended strike Oct. 21 at Kaiser Permanente locations in Southern California. If the strike occurs as planned, it would follow a strike authorization vote earlier this month…
St. Luke's Behavioral Health Center, a 127-bed facility in Phoenix, has furloughed employees, effective Aug. 26, the hospital's owner, Dallas-based Steward Health Care, confirmed to Becker's.