Month: October 2022

Hospitals in Kansas will receive $341 million each year following an update in the state’s Health Care Access Improvement Program, WIBW reported Oct. 26. 

Marc’L Neumann, MSA, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services for Bad Axe, Mich.-based McLaren Thumb Region and […]

A majority of patients hospitalized with monkeypox in the U.S. had weakened immune systems, often from HIV, an Oct. 26 CDC report found. 

The Joint Commission has created a Health Care Equity Resource Center to help hospitals achieve safer, more equitable care, the organization said Oct. 26.

Thirty-five percent of Americans surveyed said they would be deterred from seeking care for themselves if they were unaware of pricing for necessary care or […]

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported a net loss of $42 million for the third quarter amid continued high labor costs, fewer inpatient admissions, unfavorable […]

Software giant Oracle is in discussions with banks to increase the size of a $4.4 billion loan. The company will use the loan to refinance […]

Racism and bullying, as well as a lack of targeted support, are driving international medical graduate (IMG) GPs and trainees out of the profession, an […]

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is honoring two employees who were killed and ramping up security after an Oct. 22 shooting at the facility.

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The health system has contacted 33,850 patients in the past week after a cyberattack in August gained access to employee email accounts and potentially exposed […]

At a recent event for community and locally owned pharmacies, William Schimmel, executive director and CEO of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, said people were […]

Casi tres años después de que la pandemia de covid-19 alterara para siempre los lugares de trabajo, la cobertura de salud mental sigue siendo una […]

The GMC must ensure cases like that of Dr Manjula Arora – suspended over a claim she had been promised a laptop – become ‘never […]

27/10/2022 Open call for tenders for the Fourth European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER 2024) Image photo: Gerd Altmann / pixabay.com […]

27/10/2022 Open call for tenders for the fourth European Survey on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER 2024) Image photo: Gerd Altmann / pixabay.com EU-OSHA has […]

Practices in England delivered 28.3m appointments in September this year with 68.1% face-to-face – the highest proportion since before the COVID-19 pandemic – with a […]

This slideshow captures key data from the 2022 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey survey, providing a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including […]

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, worker contributions, cost-sharing provisions, offer rates, and more. […]

This graphing tool allows users to explore trends in workplace-sponsored health insurance premiums and worker contributions over time for different categories of employers based on […]

KFF has conducted this annual survey since 1999. The archives include surveys conducted in partnership with the Health Research and Education Trust through 2017 and […]

Montana is signaling it might step away from an innovative way of setting the prices its public employee health plan pays hospitals for services, an […]

Almost three years after the covid-19 pandemic upended workplaces, mental health coverage remains a priority for employers, according to an annual employer survey fielded by […]

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. On […]

Half of Large Employers See Growing Demand for Mental Health Services; 3 in 10 Say Their Plan Has Too Few Behavioral Health Providers to Ensure […]

Talking General Practice speaks to Professor Sir David Haslam about his new book, which explores what good healthcare should achieve and how we can create […]

Americans die younger in states with more conservative policies while states with more liberal policies are associated with lower mortality rates, according to a new […]

D.C.’s messy bald eagle power couple has returned. In health news, experts look out for another COVID winter even as case rates fall and restrictions become […]

The company’s adjusted gross margins have continued to increase, led by interest in its BetterHelp mental health brand.

Burnout rates are soaring, staffing shortages are rampant and the effects of COVID-19 still linger. It is not an easy time to be a healthcare […]

A 51-year-old man who was found guilty of stalking female physicians at California VA hospitals was sentenced Oct. 25 to 18 years in federal prison.

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed nonprofit hospital in Hollister, Calif., has fired Steven Hannah as CEO after about two years on the job, BenitoLink […]

Executives tend to be overly optimistic, seeing their organization through “rose-colored glasses.” This prevents them from seeing how their employees and management teams actually feel […]

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and kidney care provider Monogram Health have reached a new value-based care agreement for Humana Medicare Advantage members in four southern […]

Researchers at Iowa City-based University of Iowa Healthcare are developing an artificial intelligence-based tool to treat interventional radiology patients — with or without a physician […]

More health systems will adopt centralized operating models as they look to cut costs and better distribute resources. 

New York City-based Richmond University Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new emergency department Oct. 25, silive.com reported. 

The following hospitals and care centers have received donations since Oct. 19:

The following eight hospitals and health systems have announced upgrades or expansions since Oct. 19:

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Portland-based MaineHealth’s specialists, facilities, and hospitals will be in-network with New York-based Taro Health’s insurance plans beginning on Nov. 1, according to an Oct. 26 […]

The idea that health inequities can and should be eliminated is misaligned with the definitions of equity and justice, according to an article published Oct. […]

The top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are pressing the president of Boston University for more information about the institution’s recent COVID-19 […]

Bozeman (Mont.) Health President and CEO John Hill is leaving his position at the end of October, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

The Yost Index is a measure of socioeconomic status (SES) across geographic areas. The index was developed by Kathleen Yost and coauthors in their 2001 […]

Orem, Utah-based Nomi Health opened a regional office in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 25 as the organization expands its services in the state.

Female CEOs employ a more positive communication style than their male counterparts, and they are on the rise in the healthcare sector, according to an […]

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is creating a “hybrid” or “fluid” model of healthcare, mixing video visits, remote monitoring and “telesitting” — along with in-person treatment […]

Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital has been in talks with the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center to take over operations in early December, but negotiations […]

Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association plan to deliver a petition to the CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., urging the hospital to rescind the […]

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health filed suit Oct. 25 against Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels over the use of its logo in the Republican’s campaign advertisements, The […]

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising nurses’ pay in October:

Three of the largest manufacturers of the common antibiotic amoxicillin are reporting supply concerns. Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Sandoz, the generics division of […]

Revenue across hospital-owned and physician-owned centers rose in 2020-21 but performance varied, with specific declines from 2019 to 2021, according to a Medical Group Management […]

A. Eugene Washington, MD, president and CEO of Duke University Health System and chancellor for health affairs at Duke University, will step down from the […]

An Oct. 26 Challenger, Gray & Christmas report showed that CEOs across all industries are leaving their jobs at younger ages. It also showed that […]

UCSF Health Hub has named the companies that were selected as the finalist class for its 2022 Digital Health Awards. 

Spirit Lake, Iowa-based Lakes Regional Healthcare named Bryan Williams, MSN, RN, as vice president and chief nursing officer, effective Sept. 26, 2022.

The FDA has postponed its advisory meeting to debate whether HRA Pharma’s birth control drug Opill should be authorized for over-the-counter use. 

In partnership with HCA Houston Healthcare, Galen College of Nursing will open its fourth Texas nursing education campus in Houston next year. 

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the Emergency Nurses Association on Oct. 25 updated their guidelines to mitigate workplace violence based on the latest […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that requires public companies whose financial statements contain errors to recoup their executives’ bonuses and other incentive […]

Home-based care providers have a lot on their minds these days. Home health providers, in particular, are laser-focused on the incoming final payment rule, which […]

The Walmart clinics will be alongside its stores and offer services seven days a week.

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The suit alleges negligence by the state agency and UnitedHealthcare, as well as violations of two Rhode Island laws intended to protect personal information.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health partnered with digital health company Lirio to use digital interventions to increase mammography screenings. 

Facebook parent company Meta says its Meta Pixel tracking tool, installed at 33 top hospitals and seven health systems’ websites and patient portals, does not […]

Seton Medical Center in Harker Heights,Texas, named Bodie Correll, MD, chief medical officer, effective Nov. 1, the Killeen Daily Herald reported Oct. 25. 

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This brief looks at length of Medicaid coverage before delivery among enrollees with a live birth in Medicaid Expansion and non-Expansion states using the 2019 […]

About 44 percent of healthcare organizations that experienced a ransomware attack last year took up to a week to recover, according to a 2022 Sophos […]

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., has made leadership changes at several of its hospitals in recent months. 

Cleveland Clinic is aiming to improve the quality of care delivered globally through a new program, the health system said Oct. 26. 

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MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers at the University of Texas in Houston found 62 percent of women with two types of early-stage breast cancer responded […]

Philadelphia, Pa.-based Gift of Life Donor Program and Penn Medicine have opened a first-of-its-kind donor care center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Elkton, Md.-based ChristianaCare Radiation and Oncology Center at Union Hospital will close by the end of the year, Cecil Whig reported Oct. 25.

Indianapolis-based IU Health is developing a cybersecurity lab to test medical device security. 

Since Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department on Oct. 14, nearby hospitals have taken on its patients. An Oct. 25 report from 11Alive […]

Miami, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Irma and Norman Braman Cancer Center is on schedule to open in September 2025, Miami Today News reported Oct. […]

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System reported a slight revenue increase and a multimillion-dollar loss from operations for the 2022 fiscal year’s end on June […]

Internal medicine, family practice, clinical psychology, chiropractic and psychology were among the specialties facing the highest turnover in 2021, according to a report from Definitive […]

Healthcare ranks 14th for IT pay, with an average North American salary of $113,758, out of 23 industries analyzed in a recent report on tech […]

General practice is headed for catastrophe and there is only limited time to turn things around, the outgoing chair of the RCGP will warn today.

For the first time, the World Health Organization released a list of fungal “priority pathogens” that have emerged as significant public health threats. The list […]

Oracle partnered with virtual research organization ObvioHealth to integrate diverse datasets into clinical trials. 

Healthcare systems in the U.S. have had a challenging year, and they are on track for their worst financial year in decades, according to an […]

Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — dubbed “escape variants” for their immune evasiveness — are steadily gaining prevalence in the U.S. and now account for […]

CFO Steve Filton said that while he doesn’t believe premium pay will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the foreseeable future, a lull in coronavirus cases […]

The U.S. is working to expand its Ebola testing abilities to prepare for the possibility that the virus could make its way into the country, […]

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported third-quarter net income of $182.8 million compared with $218.4 million in the same period last year amid […]

Forty-six percent of hospital and health system leaders see labor costs as the greatest opportunity for cost reductions this year, with outsourcing functions among the […]

Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart Health plans to open 16 new health centers in Florida.

Members of WCMH United Employees, AFT Local 5099, began a two-day strike Oct. 24 at Hartford HealthCare’s Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., according to WSHU, an […]

St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center has welcomed Dawn Kregel, DNP, MSN, as its new chief nursing executive.

The healthcare facilities will lead regional responses against pathogens such as COVID-19, Ebola and monkeypox.

Employers across a variety of industries face profitability headwinds due to significantly elevated healthcare costs, and such pressures are most likely to affect the most […]

From National Medical Billing Services acquiring MedTek to Optum’s completed merger with Change Healthcare, here are 10 revenue cycle management mergers and acquisitions Becker’s has […]

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., is undergoing a reorganization that includes forming a third operating group.

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Consumer-led healthcare will change patient care pathways, driving the industry to grow and collaborate in new ways, both with patients around their own health and […]

Across all industries, the average age of CEOs who left their roles in the first nine months of the year is four years younger than […]

A former nurse at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attemted murder, […]

It has been more than ten years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required private insurance plans to cover recommended preventive services without any patient […]

This brief explains the preventive services coverage requirements, the basis of the Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra lawsuit, next steps in the litigation, and the […]