Nursing tenure has decreased over the last year as staffing shortages persist, with newly hired nurses covering more 12-hour shifts at healthcare organizations, according to a study from Epic...
Nonprofit hospitals offered more than $110 billion in community benefits in fiscal year 2019, exceeding the value of their federal tax exemption by nearly nine times, according to a report Ernst &...
Two Georgia hospitals have received fines from CMS for violating the hospital price transparency rule.
Following unanswered warning notices, CMS sent notices of imposition of a civil monetary penalty...
Only 6 percent of hospitals reported that their cost reduction programs were effective, indicating room for improvement in program development, according to a survey conducted by the Healthcare...
The country may see a nursing shortage of between 200,000 and 450,000 registered nurses (RNs) by 2025 if healthcare stakeholders and federal leaders do not take action to address the dwindling...
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has asked CMS to amend aspects of the good faith estimate (GFE) requirements that contain unclear guidance, exacerbate staffing constraints, and create...
The majority of healthcare facilities used locum tenens providers to help maintain care delivery amid staffing shortages, according to a survey from AMN Healthcare.
Locum tenens physicians are...
Nearly all healthcare sectors saw employment increases in May 2022, including hospitals and health systems, which added 16,300 new jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Despite...
Amid financial crises and management choices that do not include healthcare worker input, the Central Oregon Providers Network (COPN) has filed for union representation, according to a press release...
A Tennessee court has developed an online dispute resolution platform to help residents negotiate solutions to medical debt challenges without filing a lawsuit.
Judge Alex McVeagh of the Hamilton...
After experiencing some early signs of relief in March, hospital finances regressed in April 2022, with facilities seeing significant decreases in revenue and patient volumes, Kaufman Hall’s...
A higher registered nurse staffing level was associated with a lower mortality rate among Medicare beneficiaries admitted to an acute care hospital with sepsis, a study published in JAMA Health Forum...
Top-ranked hospitals are not complying with the CMS hospital price transparency rule, as many facilities have failed to report complete pricing data for common shoppable services, according to a report...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying financial challenges were not associated with any changes in medical debt, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.
When the pandemic hit,...
Physician practices are on the road to post-pandemic recovery in 2021, as physician compensation and productivity is rising again, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) recently...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to increase its surveillance of commercial health plan and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices that steer...
A self-insured pharmacy has filed a class action lawsuit against Advocate Aurora Health, alleging that the health system engaged in anticompetitive practices that raised healthcare prices for Wisconsin...
Prior authorization continues to increase administrative burden for physicians and impede continuity of patient care as health plans are not following their commitment to advance prior authorization...
Healthcare stakeholders and policymakers must take action to address healthcare worker burnout or risk exacerbating the projected workforce shortage, a report from the United States Surgeon General...
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has asked CMS to update the federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) portal to streamline the arbitration process for determining an out-of-network...
