Nemours

Nemours | September 12, 2017

Nemours, which owns the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, along with major pediatric specialty clinics in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, said it will offer free telehealth consultations to children affected by Hurricane Irma....

Fierce Healthcare | June 05, 2018

Pediatric surgeon and biomedical researcher R. Lawrence Moss, M.D., will become the next president and CEO of Nemours Children's Health System in October, officials announced Tuesday. The healthcare executive from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, will succeed longtime health system head David Bailey, M.D., in the role. Earlier this year, Bailey announced his planned retirement from the system, which has its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, and includes tw...

FierceHealthcare | October 15, 2018

With the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol Building through a wall of windows behind him, Nemours Children's Health System's newly minted CEO made his case for why the nation's top healthcare leaders and lawmakers need to pay more attention to pediatric hospitals in the push for a value-based payment system. "What we're doing today is the beginning of Nemours really accelerating and doubling down on our commitment to this conversation and playing a leadership role in what childre...

CMS | April 12, 2019

As a pediatric surgeon who has cared for thousands of children, I marvel at the wonders of modern medicine. Everyday miracles now save the lives of children with rare and complex medical conditions who previously would never have had a chance. Yet, at the same time, it is difficult to comprehend how our country continues to allow chronic, preventable conditions to plague our children. Our healthcare system is excellent at treating advanced and complex disease. But too often we fail to address th...