Barbara Benson
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Top state adviser predicts no hospital closures in 2016
Deputy secretary for health and human services Paul Francis spoke with Crain's about the fitness of city hospitals and insurance providers → Read More
Interfaith Medical Center names new president and chief executive
LaRay Brown becomes the only African-American woman to lead a private New York City hospital → Read More
City's public hospitals to overhaul its patient-experience strategy
Happier patients, says NYC Health + Hospitals CEO, will help shore up the public health system's poor finances. → Read More
One of the city's top insider jobs comes open
Powerful health care workers union 1199 SEIU is hunting for a political director to replace Kevin Finnegan, who will return to his law practice. → Read More
To fix Brooklyn health care, officials tap Cuomo insider
Plus other top New York business news this past week → Read More
Insurer Health Republic of New York to shut down sooner than anticipated
In a reversal, state insurance regulator move up the insurer's closure by one month to Nov. 30. → Read More
A hospital in Brooklyn gets a new president
Previously led by a physician, Brooklyn Hospital will be run by an accountant. → Read More
Former DC lobbyist follows opportunity to New York
After shocking Washington with her departure from America's Health Insurance Plans, Karen Ignagni will try to rescue EmblemHealth's ailing assets. → Read More
State and federal officials shut down an Obamacare insurer
Health Republic, a nonprofit insurer, lost millions of dollars during its short life. → Read More
Bankruptcy tab for major social-services agency: $2.7 million and counting
The first bills have come in from lawyers, accountants and financial advisers involved in Federation Employment and Guidance Services' Chapter 11 case. → Read More
Some $3 billion worth of construction projects started in the first half of 2015
New York City's public and private institutions launched a high volume of construction projects during the first half of 2015. → Read More
Yeshiva University's president announces plan to leave as it finalizes medical-school sale
Richard Joel announces his departure after 15 years at the helm of the 177-year-old institution. → Read More
President of major New York health system abruptly leaves
Dr. Robert Kelly steps down from New York-Presbyterian Hospital without explanation. → Read More
North Shore-LIJ, Maimonides Medical Center tie the knot
The deal, announced in February, is the first step in a phased-in merger where each hospital will maintain its independence. → Read More
With North Shore-LIJ Health System deal in hand, Maimonides CEO to retire
Pamela Brier, president and chief executive of Maimonides Medical Center, will step down at the beginning of 2016, succeeded by the Brooklyn hospital's board chair Kenneth Gibbs. → Read More
City Council passes cooling-tower law amid Legionnaires' outbreak
The bill means the towers must be registered with the Department of Buildings within 30 days. → Read More
Sale of powdered booze banned in New York
Lawmakers say the potential for abuse of the freeze-dried alcohol is too high. → Read More
Memorial Sloan Kettering pays $37 million for NJ property
The hospital will invest more than $100 million into the vacant building, which will become the hospital's third center in New Jersey. → Read More
Montefiore data breach exposes information for more than 10K patients
The Bronx hospital was told last month that an employee stole data. → Read More
Registered nurses will not walk out of hospitals
The New York State Nurses Association was going to strike after tense talks with five city hospitals, but a tentative deal was reached Thursday. → Read More