As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decreased, hospitals and health systems experienced temporary expense relief in February 2022, but operating margins were still negative and gross operating...
The coronavirus pandemic spawned a wave of government spending that increased health equity for uninsured or underprivileged people and encouraged access to care for all.
That wave of funding is now drying up, with billions of dollars set...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged Congress to provide hospitals and health systems with additional COVID-19 financial support, including more Provider Relief Funds and an extension on...
Through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has announced another series of Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments totaling $413 million for healthcare providers that have been...
HHS is distributing another $560 million in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments to over 4,100 healthcare providers that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Provider Relief Funds have been...
Healthcare facilities across the country have been facing high levels of workforce shortages in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health systems and hospitals are particularly concerned about nurse...
The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) has urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) beyond the current April 2022 expiration...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and seven other hospital organizations have penned a letter urging Congress to provide additional resources to help hospitals address ongoing operational and...
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 15 other state attorney generals have filed a complaint against HHS and CMS to block the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
CMS first issued...
Hospital labor shortages replaced financial challenges as the top concern for hospitals in 2021, according to data from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
“This is the first...
An analysis published in JAMA Health Forum linked uninsured population size to federal reimbursement for uninsured COVID-19 treatment.
The Health Resources and Services...
According to Kaufman Hall’s latest Physician Flash Report, patient volume, revenue, and productivity increased for physician practices with performances exceeding pre-pandemic...
Montana state leaders are calling on the Biden Administration to issue exemptions to a nationwide vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Implementing the vaccine mandate in Montana could worsen access...
HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is doling out another $2 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to healthcare providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More...
In 2021, healthcare employment experienced no significant growth. However, ambulatory care employment saw an increase in jobs exceeding pre-pandemic rates, an analysis from Altarum revealed...
Congress should allocate another $25 billion to the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and relax spending rules as healthcare organizations deal with the repercussions of the Delta and Omicron variant...
According to a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, one in five physicians intend to leave their practice in the next two years because of employee burnout, increased workload, fear of...
As COVID-19 cases rapidly increase, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the renewal of the COVID-19 public health emergency for an additional 90 days.
The extension provides hospitals and...
CMS has issued interpretative guidance on its healthcare worker vaccine mandate following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the mandate to be enforced while some states challenge it in...
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set update to include a code for administering a third dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in...
