Supply Chain Shortages Impact Patient Care and Provider Workflows
Supply chain shortages are compromising patient care and increasing administrative burden in every sector of healthcare, an ECRI survey revealed. The survey reflected responses from 200 healthcare...Financial Challenges Drove Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Activity
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity continues to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, with many transactions in the third quarter of 2023 driven by financial challenges, according to a Kaufman Hall...Gender Pay Disparities in Medicare Reimbursement Impact Neurosurgeons
Gender pay disparities persisted for neurosurgeons between 2013 and 2020, with women receiving 44 percent less in annual payments than men, a study published in JAMA Surgery revealed. Researchers used...High Nursing Home Staff Turnover Yields Poorer Care Quality
Higher staff turnover in nursing homes was associated with lower care quality, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed. Staff and administrator turnover in nursing homes can disrupt...Non-Profit Hospitals Up Community Benefits to $130B
A new analysis released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) shows increasing levels of community benefits provided by non-profit hospitals. Non-profit hospitals delivered nearly $130 billion in...Value-Based Payments in Medicaid Tied to More Behavioral Health Visits
Medicaid value-based payment reform was associated with an increase in behavioral health visits for patients with mental health conditions, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found. As of 2020, 12...MGMA: Sustainable Financing Needed to Protect Rural Healthcare
Physician and facility reimbursement for rural practices is not sustainable and is impacting patient access to rural healthcare, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) tells Congress in a new...New Physicians See Plenty of Job Offers but Burnout Impacts Choices
More than half of new physicians receive over 100 job offers during their training, but many would not choose the healthcare field again, a survey from AMN Healthcare found. The 2023 Survey of...Physician Scheduling Vendors Promise Automation, But Issues Arise
Automated solutions promise to simplify physician scheduling, but healthcare organizations are experiencing hiccups with achieving efficiency. Providers in the new KLAS report, “Physician...75K Kaiser Workers Walk Off in Healthcare’s Largest Strike
More than 75,000 unionized workers of Kaiser Permanente launched a strike today, marking the largest strike of healthcare workers in US history. The workers represented by a coalition of eight unions...Hospitals See Financial Relief as Revenues Increase, Margins Stabilize
Hospitals are seeing some financial relief as revenue increases offset rising expenses and operating margins stabilize, a Kaufman Hall report revealed. The latest edition of Kaufman Hall’s...Workforce Woes Surpass Financial Pressure As Healthcare’s Top Threat
Clinician burnout, staffing challenges, and nursing shortages are the top organizational threats over the next year, according to most healthcare leaders. CIOs, IT leaders, and clinicians responding...Hospital Finances Stabilize After 6 Months of Positive Margins
Hospital finances seem to be stabilizing after years of historic losses and uncertainty. Median hospital operating margins increased to 1.4 percent in August, according to the latest hospital...As Hospitals Consolidate, Medicaid Patients Have Fewer Options
Access to care for Medicaid patients declines as hospital markets become more concentrated following mergers and acquisitions, a new research brief from the National Institute for Health Care...Sponsored by CareCredit