The CEO of Bristol (Tennessee) Regional Medical Center was asked to step down after health system officials learned he took part in a surgical procedure at the hospital. Greg Neal, former CEO of Bristol and president of Ballad Health’s northeast market, admitted that he made the initial incision while he was in the OR observing a surgery. Neal does not have a license to practice medicine. 

According to preliminary results from the 2020 MSP Salary Survey, MSPs’ salaries are holding steady or even increasing in some ranges, which is reassuring to see in the uncertain financial climate that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for many healthcare organizations.