Hailey Mensik

129 articles by Hailey Mensik

• How Biden might shore up the Affordable Care Act

  Jan. 20, 2021

• Doctor on Demand partners with Texas health plan for virtual primary care HMO

  Jan. 14, 2021

• After trial and error, providers weigh virtual care offerings to fit post-COVID-19 needs

  Jan. 7, 2021

• Medicaid expansion could help hospitals financially recover from pandemic, Health Affairs study suggests

  Jan. 5, 2021

• Hospital finances bleak as 2020 nears close, Kaufman Hall says

  Dec. 23, 2020

• HCA, nurses avert holiday strike with last-minute contract deal

  Dec. 21, 2020

• Hospital costs drove 2019 health spending, CMS analysis finds

  Dec. 17, 2020

• Nurses at 3 California HCA hospitals set for holiday strike as ICU capacity drops

  Dec. 16, 2020

• Hospitals allege HHS let pharmas evade 340B drug discount rules

  Dec. 14, 2020

• As healthcare job growth slows, some look to restructure long-term operations

  Dec. 9, 2020

• People of the Year: Front-line healthcare workers

  Dec. 9, 2020

• Sanford calls off Intermountain merger after CEO mask uproar

  Dec. 7, 2020

• Hospitals inundated by COVID-19 cases try unique staffing, urge more federal flexibilities

  Dec. 3, 2020

• Moody's boosts for-profit hospitals from negative to stable despite expected COVID-19 surge

  Dec. 2, 2020

• Tenet names new CEO of flagging Conifer unit

  Dec. 1, 2020

• Sanford Health CEO out after two decades following mask controversy

  Nov. 25, 2020

• Travel nurse demand outpacing supply, with hospitals paying steep rates

  Nov. 20, 2020

• Hospitals across US cancel elective procedures — again

  Nov. 17, 2020

• Pandemic spurs consumer-friendly healthcare services that patients expect to continue

  Nov. 16, 2020

• As COVID-19 surges, hospitals scramble to find staff amid exhausted workforce

  Nov. 12, 2020

• COVID-19-related OSHA complaints, fines pile up for healthcare facilities

  Nov. 9, 2020

• Patients shirked diagnostic testing, in-person preventive care amid telehealth boom this spring

  Nov. 5, 2020

• What healthcare issues are driving voters to the polls on Election Day?

  Nov. 3, 2020

• Cerner revenue up slightly in Q3, CFO announces departure

  Oct. 29, 2020

• Urban-rural divide growing amid primary care workforce, study finds

  Oct. 28, 2020

• Community Health swings to Q3 profit, even as COVID-19 cases swelled

  Oct. 27, 2020

• Supply chain pains: How Geisinger, Sutter and Intermountain are prepping for flu season

  Oct. 26, 2020

• After COVID-19 spurred a boom in telehealth, systems mull how to sustain momentum

  Oct. 20, 2020

• Payer competition shrinks in already scarce markets, AMA survey finds

  Oct. 14, 2020

• Atrium, Wake Forest Baptist seal merger forming $11.5B system

  Oct. 9, 2020

• HHS says hospitals must now report flu data as well as COVID-19 numbers

  Oct. 7, 2020

• Citing COVID-19, providers push back on CMS payment rule rate cuts, telehealth rollback in 2021

  Oct. 6, 2020

• Healthcare jobs in uneven recovery after big spring losses

  Oct. 2, 2020

• HHS widens range of providers eligible for COVID-19 relief in $20B third round

  Oct. 1, 2020

• Anthem to pay almost $40M to settle 2015 cyberattack investigation

  Sept. 30, 2020

• Trump health plan called 'pixie dust' on pre-existing conditions, builds on transparency bid

  Sept. 25, 2020

• Nurses, Chicago hospital reach contract deal after weeklong strike

  Sept. 24, 2020

• Striking nurses at Illinois hospital return to work without new contract

  Sept. 22, 2020

• HCA nurse union win called 'breakthrough' in long-sought North Carolina

  Sept. 18, 2020

• Fewer than half of healthcare institutions met national cybersecurity standards last year

  Sept. 17, 2020

• ACOs in Medicare Shared Savings Program post third year of savings

  Sept. 15, 2020

• New York nursing homes with unions had fewer COVID-19 deaths, infections

  Sept. 14, 2020

• Physician stress, burnout, loneliness worsening amid pandemic, Medscape finds

  Sept. 11, 2020

• Some University of Illinois Hospital nurses barred from striking, judge rules

  Sept. 10, 2020

• Healthcare jobs inch back to pre-pandemic levels, adding 75K in August

  Sept. 4, 2020

• Nurses, service workers set to strike at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago

  Sept. 3, 2020

• Final inpatient payment rule confirms price transparency push

  Sept. 2, 2020

• Medicaid managed care plans' cost-controlling efforts are blunt, research suggests

  Sept. 1, 2020

• Long-term virtual care plans evade providers, small executive survey finds

  Aug. 31, 2020

• MA encounter data lack essential information for fraud protection: OIG report

  Aug. 26, 2020

• Nurses union seeks OSHA inspections, fines at 17 HCA hospitals

  Aug. 25, 2020

• Louisiana health department wants Medicaid contract search do-over

  Aug. 24, 2020

• Union sues California hospital, HCA for allegedly facilitating COVID-19 spread

  Aug. 21, 2020

• AHA urges HHS to make telehealth rollbacks permanent

  Aug. 20, 2020

• HCA workers want state regulator to probe 5 Las Vegas hospitals

  Aug. 18, 2020

• Employers expect to boost virtual care offerings, survey finds

  Aug. 18, 2020

• Banner, battered by COVID-19 in Arizona and beyond, sees H1 net loss

  Aug. 14, 2020

• HHS sending $1.4B from COVID-19 bailout funds to children's hospitals

  Aug. 14, 2020

• Oklahoma pulls Medicaid block grant application

  Aug. 14, 2020

• Telemedicine, remote monitoring hottest 2020 digital health startups, CB Insight finds

  Aug. 13, 2020

• Peer groups, tweaked quality measures pitched for revamped CMS hospital star ratings

  Aug. 12, 2020

• Regional chains Sentara, Cone to merge into 17-hospital, $11.5B system

  Aug. 12, 2020

• Sanitized N95s acceptable alternatives to new masks, JAMA study finds

  Aug. 11, 2020

• Healthcare gains jobs in July, but still down 800K from February

  Aug. 7, 2020

• DOJ sues Cigna, alleging $1.4B in Medicare Advantage fraud

  Aug. 6, 2020

• For-profits, church-run health systems dominated M&A growth from 2016 to 2018: Health Affairs

  Aug. 4, 2020

• Cerner Q2 bookings up slightly, though full-year guidance cut again

  July 30, 2020

• CHS beats Q2 expectations with help from $564M in bailout grants

  July 29, 2020

• Nurses union survey finds most still feel unsafe at work amid pandemic

  July 29, 2020

• What it's like to be a nurse after 6 months of COVID-19 response

  July 27, 2020

• Providers scramble for telehealth, pick Microsoft, Zoom and doxy.me in pandemic's early days

  July 23, 2020

• HHS reminds providers of civil rights obligations amid COVID-19 race disparities

  July 21, 2020

• Hospitals facing depleted volumes beg for more funds, advanced Medicare loan forgiveness

  July 21, 2020

• Home healthcare sees surge in wake of COVID-19 nursing home fears

  July 17, 2020

• Embattled Arizona hospitals bring in hundreds of out-of-state nurses

  July 16, 2020

• 10M could lose employer-sponsored healthcare as COVID-19 spurs job losses

  July 15, 2020

• COVID-19 hospital charges vary widely by age, Fair Health study finds

  July 14, 2020

• Pandemic spurs national union activity among hospital workers

  July 13, 2020

• Walmart jumps into health insurance market, including Medicare

  July 8, 2020

• Illinois nurses on strike after stalled contract negotiations

  July 6, 2020

• Healthcare sector added 358K jobs, hospitals had first gains in 2 months

  July 2, 2020

• Hospitals see fuzzy future for patient volume, predict an additional $120B in losses this year

  June 30, 2020

• Quorum completes bankruptcy process, taps new CEO

  June 30, 2020

• Hospitals in South, West gird for COVID-19 surges as states hold back limits

  June 29, 2020

• US risks 139K physician shortage by 2033, AAMC warns

  June 26, 2020

• HCA, nurses at California hospital prep for Friday strike

  June 25, 2020

• AHA appeals price transparency case after judge sides with HHS

  June 23, 2020

• HCA nurses issue 10-day strike notice at California hospital

  June 23, 2020

• GAO report finds insufficient staffing of HHS emergency responders

  June 19, 2020

• Medicaid insurers a growing competitive force in ACA marketplaces, report finds

  June 18, 2020

• Female, younger patients more likely to choose telehealth visit pre-pandemic, study finds

  June 18, 2020

• Tenet cites dramatic rebound of patient volume post COVID-19 slump

  June 16, 2020

• Detroit nurses sue Tenet for alleged retaliatory firings over COVID-19 safety concerns

  June 12, 2020

• Pennsylvania mandates more COVID-19 protections for hospital workers

  June 11, 2020

• HCA seeks nurse backup ahead of potential strike

  June 10, 2020

• HHS resolves complaint over COVID-19 no-visitor policy for patients with disabilities

  June 9, 2020

• Healthcare sector added 312K jobs in May, but hospitals left out

  June 5, 2020

• ER volumes dropped 42% in April due to pandemic

  June 4, 2020

• BCBS plans account for nearly half of ACA enrollment, but face rising competition from Medicaid insurers

  June 3, 2020

• Medicaid expansion key indicator for rural hospitals' financial viability

  June 2, 2020

• Sluggish patient volume could jeopardize hospitals repaying advanced Medicare funds, report suggests

  June 1, 2020

• Hospitals to face bumpy recovery with depressed margins into 2021, S&P predicts

  May 28, 2020

• HCA tells nurses union to give up bargained wage increases — or face layoffs

  May 26, 2020

• What hospitals are doing to make patients feel comfortable coming back

  May 22, 2020

• Patients steadily return to in-person primary care as telehealth plateaus

  May 21, 2020

• PAs gain authority during COVID-19 pandemic, but still face layoffs, furloughs

  May 20, 2020

• Fitch Q2 outlook for nonprofit hospitals: 'worst on record'

  May 14, 2020

• Orthopaedic surgeons predict return to somewhat normal volumes in 6 months

  May 12, 2020

• Hospitals tell court price transparency laws violate 1st Amendment

  May 7, 2020

• Hospital workforce tracker: COVID-19 spurs layoffs, furloughs

  May 7, 2020

• CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic

  May 1, 2020

• Teamsters union urges Tenet shareholders to reject CEO pay raise at upcoming meeting

  April 30, 2020

• CHS takes big hit in April, but eyes resumption of elective surgeries in May

  April 29, 2020

• Payers, providers urge Congress to expand coverage options as COVID-19-spurred job losses soar

  April 28, 2020

• Inpatient COVID-19 cases estimated to cost $14K per patient

  April 23, 2020

• Half of US physicians using telemedicine amid pandemic, survey finds

  April 23, 2020

• Operating margins plummet at US hospitals, Kaufman Hall says

  April 22, 2020

• 2nd round of CARES funding, with broader reach, to go out this week

  April 16, 2020

• Teladoc, Livongo execs highlight bright spots for health IT amid pandemic

  April 16, 2020

• AMA, other doc groups seek piece of CARES act funding

  April 9, 2020

• Rural hospital closure fears mount as COVID-19 financially strains health systems

  April 9, 2020

• Hospital costs to treat uninsured COVID-19 patients could top $40B

  April 8, 2020

• Hospitals scramble to triage amid testing delays, PPE shortages, OIG finds

  April 7, 2020

• Quorum files for bankruptcy

  April 3, 2020

• Hospitals should brace for up to 17-fold surge in demand for supplies

  April 2, 2020

• Joint Commission backs clinicians demanding freedom to bring their own PPE to work

  March 31, 2020

• Retirees, medical students called to help treat COVID-19 patients

  March 30, 2020

• As COVID-19 drives demand for some healthcare workers, others furloughed

  March 27, 2020

• Community health centers get $100M for COVID-19 response

  March 25, 2020