hospitals
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With COVID-19 resurging, New York halts electives at 32 hospitals to preserve capacity
by Dave Muoio | December 7, 2021 Thirty-two New York hospitals facing low capacity due to increased COVID-19 are being ordered to halt…
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Cleveland hospitals delay surgeries due to COVID-19 spike
The organizations said they’re experiencing “unprecedented demand” for inpatient care, leaving many facilities at near-full capacity. December 6, 2021 /…
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Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress
by Dave Muoio | November 4, 2021 For months, hospitals large and small have sounded the alarm on a labor crisis that is…
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Financial
Final rule ups financial penalties to hospitals that ignore price transparency regulation
Providers speak out against 340B drug pricing cuts of nearly 30%. November 3, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers…
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Moody’s: Rising costs will slow hospitals rebuilding margins to pre-COVID-19 levels
Operating cash flow margins for nonprofit hospitals fell to a median 7% in 2020. October 26, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing…
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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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Financial
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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Financial
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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Financial
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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Hospitals
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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