A new report from Moody's highlights the financial troubles hospitals will have in returning to pre-pandemic margins, mainly because of nursing shortages.
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A new report from Moody's highlights the financial troubles hospitals will have in returning to pre-pandemic margins, mainly because of nursing shortages.
UnitedHealth Group, Centene and Aetna have all also launched virtual-first plans recently.
LifePoint Health, which operates 87 hospitals, signed a definitive agreement in June to acquire Kindred Healthcare.
Dr. Michael Cuffe replaces Dr. Jonathan Perlin, who is leaving his posts as HCA Healthcare's president of clinical operations and chief medical officer to lead The Joint Commission.
A ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals against two nursing homes in New Jersey is the first step in determining how COVID-19 cases will be handled by courts.
COVID-19 deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, and some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in.
The employer-led coalition aims to build a more transparent drug pricing model that prioritizes clinical efficacy.
Nationally, KHN and AP have documented that more than 300 public health leaders, weary of abuse and of their expertise being questioned, have resigned or retired as the country struggles to recover from the worst pandemic in a century.
An audit found families got little support from NICA, a program set up to help care for brain-damaged kids. A Miami Herald/ProPublica investigation previously showed that NICA amassed a fortune while arbitrarily denying children care.
Preliminary results showed vaccinated children developed virus-fighting antibodies similar to levels that young adults produce after full-strength shots, Moderna said in a news release.
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York are taking unprecedented steps to ensure they get what they pay for, after the devastating impact of COVID-19 exposed problems with staffing and infection control in nursing homes.
Executives at Workit Health Inc. last week announced a Series C fundraising effort that totaled $118 million from a variety of investors.
Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters.
Amazon next month will release a set of voice applications for patients to use while in the hospital through its Alexa Smart Properties division. The new offering grew out of work Amazon did with hospitals and health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Florida's top health official was asked to leave a meeting after refusing to wear a mask at the office of a state senator who told him she had a serious medical condition, officials have confirmed.