Leveraging the value of virtual care data
Healthcare organizations need data-driven dashboards to empower providers with successful insights.
Implementing value-based care to drive success for life sciences companies
Value-focused solutions can help life sciences groups make the switch to value-based contracting.
Staffing agencies ‘exploiting’ nurse shortage, hospital lobby says in letter urging White House to investigate
With nurses in high demand, hospitals and nursing homes are forced to accept “exorbitant” rates set by staffing agencies, their lobbies argue.
Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds
Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.
FDA finalizes guidance on including patient perspectives in medtech clinical trials
The documents elaborate on how to engage patients to improve trial design and use patient-reported outcomes.
Moderna follows Pfizer in starting trial of omicron vaccine
The study will test a version of the biotech’s COVID-19 shot that’s tailored to the infectious variant. New data, meanwhile, help affirm the benefit of a third dose of Moderna’s current vaccine.
ACA open enrollment period drove record number of sign-ups
Expanded tax credits through the American Rescue Plan made coverage more affordable and greater outreach efforts helped accelerate enrollment, health officials said.
HCA to build 5 new hospitals in Texas
The news comes on the heels of HCA’s plans to build three new hospitals in Florida, another core market for the Nashville-based health system.
Safety net hospitals report growing financial hit from loss of 340B drug discounts
Drugmakers’ ability to restrict discounts is currently being litigated in court. But more companies have enacted policies limiting such discounts since the time of a new 340B Health report, so it likely underestimates hospital losses.
3 key labor trends for hospitals in 2022
Hospitals are still grappling with rising turnover, widespread burnout and numerous staff calling in sick nearly two years after the pandemic began. It’s unclear when it might get better — or how much worse it could get.