December 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Intermountain Health was recognized as the top healthcare employer in Nevada in the 2024 Forbes Best Employers. This is the first time Intermountain Health has landed on the Forbes list for Nevada. Overall, Intermountain was sixth employer rated among all companies in the Silver State.
Intermountain entered the Nevada area with the acquisition of Healthcare Partners in mid-2019. Now, the healthcare system has over 65 clinics in Southern Nevada, stretched from Pahrump to Mesquite.
A new 90,000 square foot healthcare facility, the Badura Clinic, was also recently announced with a groundbreaking in May. This new building that is located southwest Las Vegas will house numerous clinics and services including pediatrics, women’s health, adult primary care, senior primary care, and cancer care that includes radiation and oncology.
Gartner announces ranking of the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024
Gartner, Inc. has released its 16th annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, which recognizes U.S. health systems that demonstrate leadership in supply chain.
AdventHealth claims the top spot for the first time, jumping two spots from 2023. Stanford Health Care, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Corewell Health and Banner Health round out the top five. Inova, Endeavor Health, St. Luke’s Health System and Vanderbilt Health debut on the 2024 ranking, while BayCare Health System and HCA Healthcare return this year.
For the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024, Gartner has added a quantitative risk management component to the ranking to credit health systems for taking a leading role in their approach to risk management. Twelve health systems in the Top 25 and Masters received a score of 10 out of 10 for risk management and 23 received some credit in this area.
In its seventh year, the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 Masters category recognizes sustained supply chain leadership at health systems. This recognition is awarded only to supply chains that have achieved a top-five score at least seven times in the past 10 years. Cleveland Clinic attains Masters status for the first time joining Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Healthcare who have both achieved Masters status for seven years in a row.
Community Health Systems’ Northwest Healthcare to acquire 10 Carbon Health Urgent Care Centers
Northwest Urgent Care, LLC, a Tucson, Arizona, subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc., has signed an agreement to acquire 10 Arizona urgent care centers from Carbon Health.
Northwest Urgent Care, LLC is part of Northwest Healthcare’s integrated healthcare network serving Tucson and its surrounding communities. This strategic acquisition will expand capacity and increase Northwest Healthcare’s network to more than 80 sites of care when the transaction is completed in the fourth quarter of this year.