The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) wrote to the Ways and Means Committee and requested a hearing to prevent the imminent Medicare cuts described in the Physician Fee Schedule final rule...
The Adaptive Medical Partners (AMP) conducted survey of over 1,000 physicians and clinicians from their network to gather insight regarding the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare...
CMS has issued the interim final rule with comment period requiring all healthcare workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The rule mandates vaccinations of eligible staff at healthcare facilities...
Besides an ongoing global pandemic, another phenomenon is happening in 2021 and healthcare appears to be at the center of it.
The phenomenon known as the “Great Resignation” has to do with...
Nursing turnover is costing hospitals millions of dollars each year as the rate of registered nurses (RNs) leaving their organizations continues to rise.
NSI Nursing Solutions, Inc. recently reported...
The minimum hourly wage for Medicare and federal health insurance marketplace call center staff has increased to $15 an hour, according to a recent CMS announcement.
The federal agency announced that...
Healthcare organizations are planning to reconsider physician compensation, hiring, and other initiatives if Congress does not stop looming Medicare payment cuts.
Almost half (47 percent) of medical...
Hospitals and health systems are spending about 8 percent more per patient day on clinical labor costs compared to pre-pandemic times, according to a recent analysis from Premier Inc.
For the average...
A leaked CMS report put HCA Healthcare-owned Good Samaritan Hospital in California at risk of program termination by October if they fail to fix Medicare noncompliance issues that resulted in patient...
Tenet Healthcare Corporation has named a new chief executive officer (CEO) as part of its long-term leadership succession plan, according to a recent announcement.
The large healthcare services...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently supported hospitals and health systems requiring COVID-19 vaccination for their employees, but some leaders are concerned that a mandate could...
A study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine is raising concerns about the gender pay gap in healthcare.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and...
During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when healthcare staff and resources were stretched thin, nurse understaffing may have led to unsafe practice management workarounds, cognitive failures, and...
The healthcare industry faced its most challenging year in modern history in 2020, yet the healthcare turnover rate did not increase, at least among hospital CEOs.
According to a recent report from...
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing, gradual decline in physician work hours, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers from the Association of American Medical Colleges...
Rural counties are experiencing increasing rates of nursing shortages and higher percentages of older nurses, largely due to geographical disparities that metropolitan counties do not encounter,...
The billing team at Tucson Gastroenterology was meeting a bar of excellence, according to Julie Wester, contract administrator at the Arizona-based specialty practice. But that bar was threatened when...
Providers practicing in areas with the most severe clinician services are receiving more workforce funding through National Health Service Corps (NHSC) programs that offer either loan repayment or...
As healthcare organizations recover from the significant strain of COVID-19, a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) special report outlines healthcare leader insight on how practices can rebuild...
On Monday, St. Vincent Hospital nurses and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare held the first round of negotiations since the nurses launched their strike on March 8. However, Tenet did not address the...
