Kaiser nurses in Los Angeles wage 1-day strike
The health system has contingency plans in place and does not expect the strike to impact scheduled procedures and services, according to a statement.
Staffing laws, unionization can improve nurse retention, new research shows
“Nurses cannot provide the health care that they know they’re capable of because of their working conditions,” said Robert Bruno, one of the report’s authors and a professor at the University of Illinois.
Molina to pay $4.6M to settle False Claim Act allegations
The settlement comes after four former Pathways employees brought a suit against the company and an investigation was launched into the Massachusetts-based behavioral health clinics by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Division.
Tenet launches joint venture with urology network as system further scales ASC business
Under the terms of the deal, Tenet subsidiary USPI will acquire a portion of the network’s ownership stake in new and established facilities in Maryland, Colorado and Arizona.
Newly merged BHSH system names diversity chief
Carlos Cubia is charged with driving the company “toward its goals of transforming health for the communities it serves, improving health and health equity, and fostering a culture of belonging.”
Inequities in healthcare cost nearly $320B annually, new research shows
Spending due to inequities that drive late diagnoses and comorbidities is only expected to rise over the next few decades without intervention, according to research from Deloitte.
The doctor’s visit of the future will be like having coffee with a friend. Here’s why
Solv Health CMO Robert Rohatsch contends that digital healthcare transformation will help GPs finally get back to what most of us really want to do in the first place — keep patients healthy.
SCOTUS rejects UnitedHealth appeal of Medicare Advantage overpayment rule
The justices declined to take up the case, leaving intact a lower court ruling that backed the 2014 CMS regulation requiring swift return of overpayments.
Walgreens Health Corners network swells with new Buckeye partnership in Ohio
The Health Corner concept, mirroring efforts by retail pharmacy rivals CVS Health and Walmart, is central to Walgreens’ push to capture a greater slice of the care continuum and the corresponding revenue.
AMA presses policies on abortion, guns, climate at annual meeting
The AMA announced over 20 policies including those that declared climate change a public health crisis, urged the FDA to make over-the-counter oral contraceptives accessible and more.