White House stops paying providers for COVID-19 testing, treatment of uninsured patients
The Biden administration said it will also stop reimbursing providers for vaccinating uninsured patients by April due to shrinking pandemic relief funds.
Centene appoints London as CEO, succeeding longtime leader Neidorff
Sarah London specializes in data and technology and has quickly ascended the ranks at Centene, most recently rising to vice chairperson.
FDA grappling with influx of illegal COVID-19 tests entering US
The agency has issued a flurry of recent warnings about diagnostics that have been illegally imported into the country as the demand for at-home coronavirus testing increased with the omicron surge.
The case for hybrid care models
Telehealth is increasingly being woven into healthcare organizations’ future plans, giving hope to proponents of hybrid care models.
Labor union health fund targets hospital prices, looks to form purchasing coalition
If successful, the coalition would bring together New York City’s largest public employee union and the United Federation of Teachers. Together the group would represent about 540,000 people.
Advocate Aurora’s 2021 income, revenue rebound as patients return
The boost in non-COVID-19 patient services helped the 26-hospital Midwestern system offset rising labor and supply costs.
The Kronos outage disrupted one health system’s payroll for more than a month. Here’s how it moved forward.
UMass Memorial Health had to quickly improvise a way to run payroll for more than 16,000 employees without hours-worked data, CFO Sergio Melgar said.
15K Minnesota nurses are bargaining for new contracts
Current shortages and widespread issues recruiting and retaining staff are a central concern for hospitals, and could lend nurses more leverage in negotiations.
Detroit rated as most racially segregated hospital market in U.S., report shows
St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Manhattan also landed on Lown’s top-10 list of the most racially segregated hospital markets in the country.
Negative effects of rural hospital closings go beyond health, study finds
When a hospital closes in a rural community, the effects often ripple through the local economy, reducing the size of the population, labor force and possibly county income, new research suggests.