Hospitals across the country cannot keep up with coronavirus demands due to a severe COVID-19 testing shortage, and the lack of testing kits is exacerbating other key issues, including personal...
Some of the $100 billion in coronavirus stimulus money earmarked for hospitals will pay for COVID-19 treatment of the uninsured, HHS Secretary Alex Azar recently announced.
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UPDATED 04/02/2020 3:00 PM EST to include a statement from Intermountain Healthcare.
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare made headlines earlier this week after announcing changes to physician and...
COVID-19 is having a significant impact on hospital operations and ultimately bottom lines, but groups like the American Hospital Association (AHA) are trying to get financial support to hospitals as...
Every day the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises, creating new challenges for the US healthcare system. Healthcare providers are scrambling to test and treat a sudden influx of patients...
CMS recently announced new, temporary regulatory flexibilities for hospitals battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The coronavirus stimulus package earmarked billions of dollars for hospitals and other frontline providers, but the emergency funding still might not be enough to support hospitals facing significant...
Updated 03/27/2020: The House of Representatives has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sending the bill to President Trump's desk awaiting signature. The bill...
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the healthcare system and that is coming with a high price tag.
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020, according to recent...
Leading provider groups are calling on the federal government to protect them from financial losses stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure frontline providers have the supplies, infrastructure,...
As hospitals brace for a surge in patients from the COVID-19 outbreak, ambulatory surgical centers and other outpatient care facilities are taking on urgent cases to provide patients with much-needed...
Capping out-of-network payments to hospitals at 125 percent of Medicare rates could yield up to $124 billion in savings nationwide, making this a viable policy alternative to Medicare-for-All,...
Hospitals are struggling to implement and sustain programs addressing social determinants of health without direct claims reimbursement, according to a recent survey of 200 healthcare experts.
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Hospitals ended 2019 on a “cautiously optimistic” note, with hospital revenue and margin seeing improved performance despite rising expenses and seesawing volumes, according to a new report...
In order to achieve more rapid coronavirus diagnostic testing capacity, the FDA will allow certain clinical laboratories, including some hospital labs, to use diagnostic kits developed in-house to test...
“Heads in beds” is no longer the motto for hospitals, which are seeing their hospital outpatient revenue nearly equal inpatient revenue, according to a new report from the Deloitte Center...
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model is slated to sunset by the end of the year, but a recently proposed rule from CMS would extend the bundled payment program for another three...
Non-profit hospitals are eligible for tax exemptions in exchange for providing charity care and other community services. But a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University showed significant...
Patients should be able to know the prices of services before they receive care, HHS stated in response to a lawsuit challenging the department’s most recent hospital price transparency...
Reducing costs is the top priority for healthcare CFOs, but about three-quarters of finance leaders say that resource constraints are impacting effective financial planning and analysis at their...
