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Dive Brief: UnitedHealth Group has named longtime executive Brian Thompson as the new chief executive officer of its health benefits business, UnitedHealthcare, the biggest private payer in the U.S. Thompson, who joined UnitedHealth in 2004, was most recently CEO of UnitedHealthcare's government business, including its Medicare, retirement and community and state divisions. It's a major personnel announcement from newly minted UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty, who took the reins in February following the retirement of Dave Wichmann. Thompson is replacing Dirk McMahon, who was CEO of UnitedHea...

ALEXANDRIA BAY — For the first time, River Hospital has been recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, and was the only New York hospital to be included. The 11th annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Hospital Strength Index. Based entirely on publicly available data, the index is the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. These top performers, excelling in managing risk, achieving higher quality, s...

Top 100 hospitals are top performers, excelling in managing risk, achieving higher quality, securing better outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and operating at a lower cost than their peers across the nation. “We are so proud of all of our CAHS,” said Jody Ward, project director of the North Dakota CAH Quality Network. “This year has been a tough one in healthcare, so to see 12 of our hospitals being recognized in the Top 100, means we are doing things correctly.” North Dakota CAHs Recognized

Mar 17, 2021 ISHPEMING — UP Health System-Bell announced it has been recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the United States by The Chartis Group. Regarded as one of the industry’s most significant designations of performance excellence, the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals award is based upon the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX®. UPHS-Bell is the only hospital in the Upper Peninsula to receive this designation. “We are very pleased to be honored as one of the top critical access hospitals in the country,” said Mitch Leckelt, CEO of UPHS-Bell, in a statem...

LA GRANDE — Three Northeast Oregon hospitals received recognition as top critical access hospitals. The Chartis Group, which provides comprehensive advisory services and analytics to the health care industry, recently released its annual list of Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals. Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande, Saint Alphonsus Medical Center, Baker City, and Wallowa Memorial Hospital, Enterprise, made the list. Oregon has 25 critical access hospitals, according to a press release from Grande Ronde Hospital, and the three Northeast Oregon hospitals are the only ones in the state on the ...