Nursing homes with higher shares of Medicaid residents directed more revenue toward workers but had lower staffing levels, indicating that a minimum nursing staff expenditure regulation would not...
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) challenge of a No Surprises Act rule released by HHS to flesh out the independent dispute resolution (IDR)...
Financing healthcare organizations’ involvement in social risk interventions would require multiple funding approaches and is not guaranteed to improve the delivery of social services, according...
CMS nursing home ownership information does not align with the characteristics of effective transparency tools, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
CMS oversees the...
Automating claims management processes could help healthcare providers curb the high spending on administrative transactions they saw in 2021, according to the 2022 Index report from the Council for...
Despite spending the most on healthcare, the United States has the worst health outcomes among high-income countries, including the lowest life expectancy at birth and the highest rate of people with...
In a year after Medicaid disenrollment, about two-thirds of people had a period of uninsurance, according to a recent analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
The Families First Coronavirus...
As physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) continue to struggle with burnout, 71 percent of contract physicians and locum tenens clinicians reported experiencing little to no burnout,...
Last year was the worst financial year for US hospitals and health systems since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall.
The firm’s latest...
Private equity firms own at least 130 rural hospitals, raising concerns about care quality, staffing levels, and financial pressures at these facilities, according to a report from the Private Equity...
Health systems delivered the majority of medical care in 2018, ranking high on clinical quality and patient experience measures. However, prices were steeper, and consumer spending was higher for those...
Ongoing workforce challenges have led to declining staffing ratios and high labor expenses for medical groups, a survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) found.
The 2022 Medical Group...
Experian Health and Olive received the highest performance scores in the claims management market, with organizations choosing the vendors for their functionality and pricing, according to a KLAS...
Caring for patients with opioid use disorders (OUDs) costs hospitals more than $95 billion per year and accounts for almost 8 percent of all hospital spending, according to data from PINC AI Applied...
The health system formally known as Intermountain Healthcare has gone through a rebranding of its name, dropping the “care” to emphasize its role in keeping people healthy.
The 33-hospital...
Medicare inpatient spending is highly concentrated in many parts of the US, causing concerns about the impact hospital consolidation will have on prices in the future.
In 10 states plus the District...
Orthopedic surgeons with higher surgical volume generated better patient outcomes and lower costs for hip and knee replacements, according to data from the healthcare analytics platform Clarify...
Nursing homes are experiencing the most significant staffing challenges of any healthcare sector and have lost 210,000 jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the American Health...
UPMC is converting a small hospital in rural Clinton County, Pennsylvania, to an outpatient emergency department (ED) under the state’s new Innovative Hospital Models project. Innovative Hospital...
Medicaid expansion has positively impacted healthcare providers by boosting financial performance and resulting in payer mix improvements, data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found.
All but...
