Modern Healthcare Senior Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik, Post-Acute Care and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ, and News Enterprise Editor Jeffrey Young talk about COVID-19 vaccine mandates and staffing issues.
Hospitals and health systems sought fewer merger and acquisition deals in the third quarter of 2021, but more large systems entered agreements to consolidate.
Amid a furious lobbying and advertising campaign, the AARP, consumer groups, and health insurers are pressing for Medicare negotiations.
Overtime hours have increased by 52% as of September 2021, and productivity, measured in worked hours per unit of departmental volume, grew by an average of 7% to 14% percent year-over-year, according to new data from Premier.
Anthem left the patient on the hook for the $237,770 out-of-network air ambulance charge, the lawsuit says.
Current Mercy Executive Vice President Steve Mackin will become the health system's new president and CEO starting in April 2022, the St. Louis-based company announced Monday.
Massachusetts hospitals coded about 2 in 5 patients at the highest severity levels in 2020, up from about 1 in 4 patients in 2013.
The new CEO of ADA's Business Innovation Group, Tim Steffl, was most recently president of the Center for Consumer Recovery, a not-for-profit group that convinces hospitals to donate medical debt and then collects on it using a for-profit partner.
Absent Congressional action, the Medicare cuts would cost providers billions of dollars.
