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Hospitals paying $24 billion more for labor during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clinical labor costs are up by an average of 8% per patient day, translating to $17 million in additional annual…
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Will bonuses and benefits be enough to tackle healthcare’s workforce shortages?
by Dave Muoio | October 5, 2021 The provider industry is caught in the midst of a widespread labor crunch that, according to recent…
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HCA to purchase 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Health Care
by Dave Muoio | September 21, 2021 HCA Healthcare has signed a deal to acquire the operations of five Utah hospitals from Steward…
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CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss
by Robert King | September 9, 2021 The Biden administration is moving to require all Medicare and Medicaid facilities to vaccinate their workforce,…
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Texas Freestanding ERs Essential to Overwhelmed Healthcare System During Surge
More than 200 Facilities Hold Patients in Need of Hospital Beds AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Amid the worst wave…
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Carbon Health acquires two major clinic chains to further primary care expansion
The acquisitions are calculated to make Carbon one of the largest national healthcare providers, with an emphasis on access. August…
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U.S. hospital patient volumes move back toward 2019 levels, McKinsey survey finds
August 23, 2021 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor While regional variations in patient volumes continue at hospitals throughout the U.S., many…
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Hospitals seek to fill hundreds of positions, make on-the-spot job offers
Kelly Gooch – Friday, August 20th, 2021 Amid intensified staffing strain fueled by the latest COVID-19 wave, hospitals and health systems are…
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CMS proposes penalty increase for hospitals that fail to comply with price transparency rule
July 20, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to increase the penalty…
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New Detailed Report Shows only 5.6% of Hospitals Examined are Compliant with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
The semi-annual report issued by PatientRightsAdvocate.org is the FIRST detailed look at hospital compliance by name and by requirement. WASHINGTON, July…
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Nearly 70% of U.S. physicians are employed by hospitals or corporate entities
July 13, 2021 / Nathan Eddy The acquisition of private physician practices across the U.S. accelerated after the onset of…
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Volumes, margins on the rise as hospitals slowly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
June 29, 2021 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The numbers indicate the severity of the pandemic is waning, both in terms…
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Hospitals are not complying with price transparency rule, two studies find
June 22, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor Recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Managed…
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More than 30% of hospitals are near the “danger zone” of denial rates
The pandemic has only made the trend worse, as 33% of hospital executives report average claims denial rates of 10%…
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Spectrum Health, Beaumont Health announce plans to form 22-hospital system
by Dave Muoio | Jun 17, 2021 Two of Michigan’s largest providers are exploring a potential merger that would yield a 22-hospital nonprofit…
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