Peter Banko

Aduddell will oversee CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock and all of Catholic Health Initiatives' organizations and operations in Arkansas. read more >

CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock and Conway Regional Health System should have an alliance in place by the end of February. read more >

Peter Banko, CEO of CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock, promoted last week by parent company Catholic Health Initiatives, he is still moving forward with affiliation talks with other Arkansas hospitals. read more >

The facility will be located next to CHI St. Vincent's outpatient, ambulatory care facility on the 37-acre campus. Building completion is scheduled for summer 2015. Current services at CHI St. Vincent West include primary care, urgent care, geriatric and sleep services. read more >

Peter Banko, CEO of CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock since 2007, has been promoted by parent company Catholic Health Initiatives to oversee the hospitals in its east/southeast division. read more >

CHI St. Vincent and Cornerstone Hospital of North Little Rock, operated by Cornerstone Healthcare Group of Dallas, Texas, are working out the final details of an agreement that will create 75 jobs and an expanded role for CHG at two CHI St. Vincent locations in central Arkansas. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, says it will lay off 91 employees from its operations in Arkansas. Seventy-four employees will be laid off from its hospital in Hot Springs, 14 total in its hospitals in Little Rock and North Little Rock and three from its Morrilton location, Peter Banko, president and CEO, told Arkansas Business Thursday afternoon. read more >

The Conway Regional Health System Board of Directors says it plans to enter into "exclusive strategic affiliation discussions" with St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock, an affiliate of Catholic Health Initiatives. read more >

Hospitals in central Arkansas must collaborate to survive, according to St. Vincent Health System President and CEO Peter Banko, who says he doesn’t think Little Rock can support three hospitals. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, say they have completed their purchase of Mercy Hot Springs' hospital and physician clinic. read more >

On the annual checkup of hospitals, 34 out of the 88 hospitals on this year’s list — 38 percent — reported losing money, which is slightly higher than last year’s list, which showed 35 percent of the hospitals losing money. read more >

St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock may now have Mercy Health Hot Springs in its sights. read more >

St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock has received the American Nurses Credentialing Centers’ Magnet Recognition designation for its nursing leadership, clinical practice, innovations and patient outcomes. read more >

t. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock on Thursday received the American Nurses Credentialing Centers' Magnet Recognition designation for its nursing leadership, clinical practice, innovations and patient outcomes. read more >

The facility, part of SVI's Jack Stephens Heart Institute, can be used as a cath lab and a cardiovascular surgery suite. The new OR is part of an on-going $36 million expansion. read more >

St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock has cut ties with its St. Vincent North medical director, Dr. Jock Cobb, and is now seeking a full-time vice president of medical affairs to oversee its hospitals in Little Rock, Sherwood and Morrilton. read more >

Adding to the mix of bad news, Arkansas hospitals could lose $403 million in total Medicare payments for seniors over the next 10 years if the Budget Control Act of 2011 goes into place on Jan. 1. read more >

St. Vincent Health System laid off 29 employees last week and another 21 positions have been eliminated through attrition in an attempt to cut $12 million from its budget. St. Vincent CEO Peter Banko says the cuts won't affect partnership talks with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >

Like it or not, health care reform isn't going away. Arkansas should make the most of it. read more >

Taking a journey back in time for the moment, for just about every one of the last seven decades, the health care industry (insurers, hospitals, and physicians) has experienced a radical change, shift, and/or transformation in the way work and business needs to be conducted. read more >