Tag: John Fernandez
Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its effect on...
Lifespan restructuring several positions as part of executive layoffs
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. has combined and created several new roles as part of its plans to cut 20% of its executive staff.
The state’s...
Lifespan lays off 20% of executives
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp., the state’s largest employer and health system, is laying off 20% of its executive staff.
CEO John Fernandez has not said...
Lifespan agrees to buy Morton and St. Anne’s hospitals for $175M
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. is the winning bidder to purchase two cash-strapped hospitals in Massachusetts from Steward Health Care.
Steward has accepted Lifespan's offer to...
Lifespan rebranding to Brown University Health under new agreements
PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest health system is getting a new name.
Under an expanded affiliation agreement, Brown University and Lifespan Corp. announced Thursday that...
Frost named president of Lifespan and chief of operations at Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – Sarah Frost will take over as chief of hospital operations for Lifespan and president of both Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s...
Lifespan names Dr. Babar Khokhar as chief physician officer
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. announced it has hired Dr. Babar Khokhar to serve as executive vice president and chief physician officer, effective Feb. 1.
In...
Lifespan names Peterson executive vice president of ambulatory care
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. announced it has hired Cindy Peterson to serve as its executive vice president of ambulatory care.
Peterson started in the new...
McKee’s proposal for state-directed payments to hospitals earns federal approval
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island hospitals can expect more than $100 million in Medicaid funding now that Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposal for state-directed payments...
Lifespan names Dr. Mahesh Jayaraman as chief of diagnostic imaging
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Mahesh V. Jayaraman, director of the Neurovascular Center at Rhode Island Hospital, has been named Lifespan Corp.’s chief of diagnostic imaging...
