Hailey Mensik

403 articles by Hailey Mensik

• For most of COVID-19 pandemic, major for-profit hospitals’ operating margins exceeded years prior

  Dec. 5, 2022

• Healthcare sector added 45K jobs in November as pandemic recovery continues

  Dec. 2, 2022

• Hospitals to end year with negative margins, Kaufman Hall reports

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Travel nurse pay remains high as hospitals fill gaps from staff departures

  Nov. 30, 2022

• CMS warns hospitals must protect staff, patients from violence

  Nov. 29, 2022

• Lifespan brings on Mass General Brigham executive as new CEO

  Nov. 21, 2022

• 22 states petition CMS to repeal health worker vaccine mandate

  Nov. 18, 2022

• 15K Minnesota nurses could strike again

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic billing for certain messaging on MyChart

  Nov. 17, 2022

• Primary care physicians are burned out, though faring better in US than other countries

  Nov. 17, 2022

• Preventable hospital patient safety events declined over past decade, Leapfrog Group says

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Slower digital health funding prompts rise in M&A activity: report

  Nov. 10, 2022

• Abortion rights, Medicaid expansion win in state midterms

  Nov. 9, 2022

• Children’s hospitals ask Congress to address mental health, staffing concerns

  Nov. 9, 2022

• Half of nurses consider leaving the profession, survey finds

  Nov. 8, 2022

• Monthly healthcare job gains stronger this year than last

  Nov. 4, 2022

• COVID-19 telehealth diagnoses fell in August

  Nov. 3, 2022

• Over 200,000 healthcare workers quit jobs last year

  Oct. 26, 2022

• Hospitals pivot to new tactics as they try to recruit, retain staff

  Oct. 26, 2022

• 10-week Kaiser strike ends with deal aimed at improving mental health access

  Oct. 25, 2022

• New York nurses union merges with NNU, US’s largest nursing syndicate

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Tenet’s net income tumbled in Q3

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Providers face racist comments in healthcare settings, ECRI finds

  Oct. 20, 2022

• Molina whistleblower case moves forward after SCOTUS declines to hear challenge

  Oct. 19, 2022

• HHS needs to update strategic national stockpile procedures, GAO report says

  Oct. 18, 2022

• HHS approves Medicaid housing intervention program in Arizona

  Oct. 17, 2022

• GoodRx launching platform for providers

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Beaumont-Spectrum unveils new name: Corewell Health

  Oct. 11, 2022

• Physicians are experiencing delayed COVID-19 burnout

  Oct. 11, 2022

• NewYork-Presbyterian taps former Cleveland Clinic London CEO for executive role

  Oct. 7, 2022

• Healthcare jobs recovered from early pandemic losses

  Oct. 7, 2022

• Molina closes $110M AgeWell deal

  Oct. 6, 2022

• SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to health worker vaccine mandate

  Oct. 4, 2022

• Telehealth use rose overall in July, report finds

  Oct. 3, 2022

• Digital pathology picking up among US providers, vendors, report finds

  Sept. 29, 2022

• Almost half of Americans have inadequate healthcare coverage, survey finds

  Sept. 28, 2022

• AHA asks HHS to delay Oct. 6 deadline for information blocking compliance

  Sept. 27, 2022

• Violence against emergency room physicians is on the rise, survey finds

  Sept. 23, 2022

• Emotional exhaustion worse for healthcare workers in second year of pandemic, research finds

  Sept. 21, 2022

• Healthcare saw less job loss than other industries during pandemic, research finds

  Sept. 19, 2022

• Healthcare industry’s resiliency to surging inflation is poised to ebb

  Sept. 15, 2022

• Biden to ‘supercharge’ cancer moonshot initiative

  Sept. 13, 2022

• 15K nurses on strike across 7 health systems in Minnesota

  Sept. 12, 2022

• Healthcare cyberattacks led to worse patient care, increased mortality, study finds

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Ambulatory, hospitals, physician offices led August healthcare job gains

  Sept. 2, 2022

• Pandemic telehealth rules reduced opioid overdoses, boosted access to treatment meds, research finds

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Monkeypox vaccine supply woes easing, federal health officials say

  Aug. 30, 2022

• Bush appointee tapped as Cigna’s first chief health officer

  Aug. 30, 2022

• Court blocks bid to reinstate OSHA pandemic standard for health workers

  Aug. 29, 2022

• Healthcare cost growth trails overall price hikes amid record inflation

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Providence to hold virtual mass hiring event for registered nurses

  Aug. 24, 2022

• 4 California healthcare organizations reach $71M False Claims settlement

  Aug. 23, 2022

• Employer health costs expected to rise 6.5% next year, report finds

  Aug. 18, 2022

• Kaiser cancels over a thousand appointments amid clinician strike

  Aug. 17, 2022

• Healthcare executive compensation grows in 2022

  Aug. 12, 2022

• HHS investing $60M to boost rural healthcare workforce

  Aug. 9, 2022

• Healthcare industry nearly recovered from early pandemic job losses

  Aug. 5, 2022

• Fitch downgrades CHS from stable to negative after discouraging earnings report

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Monkeypox declared federal public health emergency

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Thousands of Kaiser mental health clinicians to strike in Northern California

  Aug. 3, 2022

• Ochsner finalizes merger with Rush Health, adding 7 hospitals

  Aug. 2, 2022

• Physician resident salaries stagnate through pandemic

  Aug. 1, 2022

• CHS shares fall 36% after $326M Q2 loss

  July 28, 2022

• Nurses at Mayo Clinic hospital in Minnesota vote to decertify union

  July 27, 2022

• HHS names new acting Civil Rights director

  July 26, 2022

• HHS proposes reinstating nondiscrimination protections stripped by Trump administration

  July 26, 2022

• Ochsner piloting program to hire Ukrainian nurses

  July 25, 2022

• Tenet stock jumps as system reins in Q2 labor costs

  July 22, 2022

• HCA beats Wall Street expectations in Q2 after earlier dip in guidance

  July 22, 2022

• Tenet cybersecurity incident hits Q2 volumes

  July 22, 2022

• High childcare stress linked with health worker burnout, JAMA study finds

  July 21, 2022

• Health data breaches slowing from 2021's record high, report suggests

  July 19, 2022

• Providers fear penalties in states with abortion bans following Roe's fall

  July 14, 2022

• Antibiotic-resistant infections rose in hospitals during pandemic, CDC data shows

  July 12, 2022

• University of California nurses nab new contract deal

  July 11, 2022

• Healthcare industry notches major June job gains

  July 8, 2022

• Nearly 150 US facilities earn best hospital awards in Leapfrog, Money rankings

  July 7, 2022

• COVID-19 reappeared in top 5 telehealth diagnoses in April

  July 6, 2022

• Social needs program for Medicaid beneficiaries can be effective but costly, research finds

  July 5, 2022

• SCOTUS won't hear challenge to health worker vaccine mandate

  July 1, 2022

• Sentara appoints new CEO

  June 27, 2022

• Firearm-safety law is move toward acknowledging gun violence as public health issue, physicians say

  June 24, 2022

• Kaiser nurses in Los Angeles wage 1-day strike

  June 23, 2022

• Staffing laws, unionization can improve nurse retention, new research shows

  June 23, 2022

• Inequities in healthcare cost nearly $320B annually, new research shows

  June 22, 2022

• 1K Los Angeles Kaiser nurses to go on strike

  June 17, 2022

• HCA opening eighth nursing campus

  June 14, 2022

• Physician residents reach deal with Los Angeles County, averting strike

  June 8, 2022

• Surge in 'new' nurses reflects rise in resignations, job shuffling, study finds

  June 7, 2022

• Gender pay gap for registered nurses widened during pandemic

  May 31, 2022

• Healthcare employers must urgently address burnout, surgeon general warns

  May 23, 2022

• Colorado governor signs hospital staffing bill

  May 20, 2022

• California healthcare workers reassess contracts, pandemic pressures in mind

  May 19, 2022

• Hospitals charge employer health plans more than 2 times what they charge Medicare for same services

  May 18, 2022

• Humana expanding primary care clinics through second joint venture with PE firm

  May 17, 2022

• Efforts to protect health workers from violence on the job ramp up

  May 13, 2022

• Hospital labor expenses up 37% from pre-pandemic levels in March

  May 12, 2022

• Patient experience, safety worse during pandemic, Leapfrog says

  May 10, 2022

• Workers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles begin 5-day strike

  May 9, 2022

• ER providers push for federal protection against rising health worker violence

  May 5, 2022

• Stanford nurses ratify deal, ending weeklong strike

  May 3, 2022

• Hospital volumes, revenues rebounded as omicron cases waned in March

  May 3, 2022

• Labor costs unlikely to wind down soon, for-profit hospitals report in Q1

  May 2, 2022

• Thousands of Stanford nurses in California reach deal to end strike

  April 27, 2022

• HCA lowers expectations for the year, citing ongoing labor challenges

  April 22, 2022

• CMS underestimated hospital labor spending in payment adjustments, Premier says

  April 21, 2022

• Larger, less profitable hospitals more likely to have ownership change

  April 20, 2022

• Hospitals massively mark up cancer therapy prices for private insurance patients, JAMA study finds

  April 19, 2022

• How health system leaders are navigating ongoing staffing shortages: survey

  April 18, 2022

• New York grants nurse practitioners full practice authority

  April 13, 2022

• Which healthcare workers are most likely to quit their jobs?

  April 11, 2022

• More than 4K Stanford nurses vote to strike in California

  April 11, 2022

• 'Interesting anomaly': Hospital M&A fell to record low in Q1

  April 8, 2022

• Hospitals struggle to fill staffing holes in short, long term amid surge in nurse turnover

  March 31, 2022

• Hospitals saw negative operating margins in February for second consecutive month

  March 28, 2022

• AHA wants healthcare workers protected like airline staff amid rising workplace violence

  March 25, 2022

• Wisconsin passes law making threats against healthcare workers a felony

  March 24, 2022

• White House stops paying providers for COVID-19 testing, treatment of uninsured patients

  March 23, 2022

• 15K Minnesota nurses are bargaining for new contracts

  March 21, 2022

• Third of nurses plan to quit their jobs by end of 2022, survey shows

  March 16, 2022

• Staffing shortages lead ECRI's annual list of patient safety concerns

  March 14, 2022

• 6 major regional health systems form alliance to share staffing resources

  March 11, 2022

• Threats, obscenities, homicide: Healthcare workers stressed by pandemic face elevated violence

  March 9, 2022

• OSHA stepping up hospital inspections for COVID-19 mitigation efforts

  March 9, 2022

• Healthcare job gains in February far exceed recent months

  March 4, 2022

• Primary care physician turnover costs payers almost $1B every year, study finds

  March 3, 2022

• Hospital margins plummeted in January amid omicron

  March 1, 2022

• For-profits focus more on outpatient care as inpatient volume remains depressed

  Feb. 28, 2022

• Rhode Island's largest health systems abandon merger after FTC sues to block union

  Feb. 24, 2022

• Another survey shows pandemic's persisting toll on healthcare workforce

  Feb. 23, 2022

• As pandemic lingers, more nurses consider leaving their jobs, survey finds

  Feb. 22, 2022

• Nurses at Massachusetts Tenet hospital will keep union following decertification vote

  Feb. 18, 2022

• Nonprofit hospitals may provide less community benefit than for-profits in some states, study suggests

  Feb. 16, 2022

• Hospital leaders, Congress mull fixes to current staffing woes

  Feb. 11, 2022

• Tenet continues bet on ambulatory surgery centers to drive long-term growth

  Feb. 9, 2022

• Staffing overtakes financial challenges as top concern among hospital CEOs, survey finds

  Feb. 7, 2022

• Staffing firms defend traveling nurse rates as industry groups, Congress push for investigation

  Feb. 3, 2022

• Omicron sent COVID-19 back into top telehealth claims in November

  Feb. 3, 2022

• Spectrum, Beaumont launch new system following merger

  Feb. 1, 2022

• Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds

  Jan. 28, 2022

• 3 key labor trends for hospitals in 2022

  Jan. 27, 2022

• ACA open enrollment period drove record number of sign-ups

  Jan. 27, 2022

• HHS to distribute $2B in COVID-19 relief funds to providers this week to ease staffing, financial challenges

  Jan. 26, 2022

• Hospitals request more federal help battling rising labor expenses, staffing shortages amid omicron

  Jan. 25, 2022

• Pandemic stresses physicians as they reevaluate careers, work-life balance

  Jan. 14, 2022

• SCOTUS narrowly upholds health worker vaccine mandate

  Jan. 13, 2022

• Healthcare roles dominate U.S. News 2022 list of best jobs

  Jan. 11, 2022

• SCOTUS justices leave opening for healthcare worker vaccine mandate

  Jan. 7, 2022

• Unions petition to keep OSHA pandemic protections for health workers in place

  Jan. 6, 2022

• Hospitals' labor expenses rose again just before omicron arrival, report finds

  Jan. 5, 2022

• Nurses at Massachusetts Tenet hospital ratify contract, ending 9-month strike

  Jan. 4, 2022

• Supreme Court sets Jan. 7 hearing on vaccine mandate rules

  Dec. 23, 2021

• SCOTUS upholds another state vaccine mandate

  Dec. 22, 2021

• UPMC launches in-house travel staffing agency

  Dec. 21, 2021

• Nurses, Tenet hospital reach deal 9 months into strike

  Dec. 20, 2021

• Physician compensation rises alongside burnout, retirements in 2021

  Dec. 17, 2021

• Coronavirus variants are accelerating front-line worker burnout to new heights

  Dec. 14, 2021

• SCOTUS blocks challenge to New York's health worker vaccine mandate

  Dec. 14, 2021

• Female doctors earn $2M less than men over course of career, study finds

  Dec. 7, 2021

• Nurses burned out, dissatisfied with careers consider leaving the field, survey finds

  Dec. 6, 2021

• Appeals court limits nationwide halt on health worker vaccine mandates

  Dec. 2, 2021

• Healthcare worker vaccine mandate blocked nationwide in second ruling

  Nov. 30, 2021

• Biden admin investing $1.5B to quell healthcare staffing shortages, promote workforce equity

  Nov. 23, 2021

• Ground ambulances, excluded from surprise billing ban, to get scrutiny from federal committee

  Nov. 22, 2021

• 30% of hospital healthcare workers remained unvaccinated as of September

  Nov. 18, 2021

• Congress, alongside provider and consumer groups, continues spat over surprise billing ban rules

  Nov. 17, 2021

• Providers were protected from pay cuts, layoffs as volumes fell during pandemic, survey finds

  Nov. 12, 2021

• Family premiums rise as employers boost virtual, mental health benefits, KFF finds

  Nov. 11, 2021

• Leapfrog Group's hospital safety grades this fall stay steady from pre-pandemic

  Nov. 10, 2021

• Catholic Health workers ratify contract agreements, plan to return to work this week

  Nov. 5, 2021

• Adults support major changes to US healthcare system amid rising costs, survey finds

  Nov. 4, 2021

• Healthcare workers must be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 with no testing exception, CMS orders

  Nov. 4, 2021

• How hospitals leveraged on-site child care during the pandemic in a bid to drive retention

  Nov. 3, 2021

• For-profit hospitals had more COVID-19 admissions in Q3

  Nov. 2, 2021

• Catholic Health cuts health coverage for workers on picket line as strike hits 1-month mark

  Oct. 29, 2021

• CHS profit, revenue in Q3 mirrors prior year as patient volumes improve

  Oct. 28, 2021

• Regulatory burdens strapped medical practices over the past year, MGMA finds

  Oct. 27, 2021

• UHS profit down in Q3 as behavioral health segment struggles

  Oct. 26, 2021

• HCA revenue jumped nearly 15% in Q3, but labor costs rose

  Oct. 22, 2021

• Lyft names new head of healthcare

  Oct. 22, 2021

• CMMI wants every Medicare beneficiary in an accountable care plan by 2030

  Oct. 21, 2021

• Hospitals still struggling to get operations, financials back on track, Kaufman Hall reports

  Oct. 19, 2021

• Walmart, Transcarent partner to pitch self-insured employers

  Oct. 18, 2021

• New York Attorney General sends cease and desist to hospital allegedly using unlicensed temporary staffing agency amid strike

  Oct. 14, 2021

• Hospitals still spending more on PPE, labor as result of COVID-19

  Oct. 13, 2021

• Medicare Advantage, Part D plans with 4 or more stars soaring, CMS says

  Oct. 11, 2021

• Digital health funding reaches new heights with $21.3B so far this year

  Oct. 5, 2021

• Over 2,000 workers at Catholic Health hospital in New York wage open-ended strike

  Oct. 1, 2021

• Consumer satisfaction with telehealth fell from last year, J.D. Power finds

  Sept. 30, 2021

• More than half of states will see nursing demand outstrip supply in the next 5 years, Mercer finds

  Sept. 29, 2021

• Nursing union says hospitals aren't following OSHA standard amid delta

  Sept. 28, 2021

• State Medicaid officials face daunting fall season amid low vaccination rates, record enrollment

  Sept. 23, 2021

• Over 2,000 workers at Catholic Health Mercy Hospital in New York plan strike

  Sept. 21, 2021

• Ascension rebounds from last summer's pandemic losses

  Sept. 17, 2021

• Pandemic special enrollment period led to record number of ACA enrollees

  Sept. 16, 2021

• Delta patients clog hospitals, spur more procedure delays

  Sept. 14, 2021

• Pandemic relief funds were unevenly distributed, didn't account for community burden: Health Affairs

  Sept. 9, 2021

• Hospitals lose focus on patients' digital health preferences amid growing competition, Kaufman Hall says

  Sept. 8, 2021

• Pandemic keeps exacerbating burnout among nurses, including travelers

  Sept. 7, 2021

• Pandemic spurs rise of infections contracted at healthcare facilities

  Sept. 2, 2021

• Pandemic safety protections, wage increases key for nursing unions in new contracts

  Sept. 1, 2021

• Hospitals boost hiring efforts, sweeten employee benefits, survey finds

  Aug. 31, 2021

• Outpatient facilities targeted for cyberattacks nearly as often as hospitals, data shows

  Aug. 27, 2021

• Intermountain giving pay raises, boosting minimum wage to $15 an hour

  Aug. 26, 2021

• Hospital volume recovery on shaky ground amid delta, Kaufman Hall reports

  Aug. 25, 2021

• Medicaid, ACA policies for COVID-19 kept rate of uninsured steady, researchers find

  Aug. 24, 2021

• Burnout, delta variant boost demand for traveling nurses again

  Aug. 18, 2021

• Patients were still hesitant to seek medical care out of virus fears this spring, survey finds

  Aug. 18, 2021

• CMS extends deadlines for Medicaid redeterminations after COVID-19 public health emergency ends

  Aug. 17, 2021

• Predicting the future of healthcare: 10 takeaways from HIMSS21

  Aug. 13, 2021

• Tackling healthcare's female leadership problem at HIMSS21

  Aug. 12, 2021

• Rethinking healthcare workers' roles post-pandemic

  Aug. 11, 2021

• Utilization bounced back for payers in Q2, dinging profitability

  Aug. 6, 2021

• Telehealth waivers wind down, restricting some providers from delivering care across state lines

  Aug. 4, 2021

• Despite volume rebound, hospital margins still tight from pandemic, Kaufman Hall says

  Aug. 3, 2021

• CHS profit down in Q2 but buoyed by non-COVID-19 care

  July 29, 2021

• Systems can nudge more healthcare workers to get vaccinated through targeted messaging: JAMA report

  July 28, 2021

• UHS posts Q2 profit, but executives warn delta variant could stress labor challenges

  July 27, 2021

• Tenet rebounds in Q2, buoyed by volume recoveries

  July 22, 2021

• OSHA standard compliance date arrives amid confusion, industry pushback

  July 21, 2021

• DaVita, former CEO charged for alleged noncompete conspiracies

  July 16, 2021

• Biden executive order sparks debate on physician noncompete agreements

  July 15, 2021

• Hospital M&A down from pre-pandemic highs, though deal size growing, Kaufman Hall says

  July 9, 2021

• Are recent labor actions getting nursing unions what they want?

  July 7, 2021

• Nurse practitioners association past president reflects on pandemic, scope of practice rollbacks

  July 6, 2021

• U.S. News hospital rankings to include new categories, examine equity

  June 30, 2021

• SCOTUS will not hear hospitals' appeal against site-neutral payments

  June 29, 2021

• Hospitals, nurses tussle in contract negotiations as pandemic highlights complaints

  June 24, 2021

• New York passes safe staffing law for hospitals, nursing homes

  June 22, 2021

• Physicians, patients see race and trust in healthcare differently, poll finds

  June 15, 2021

• OSHA issues long-delayed COVID-19 safety rules for healthcare workplaces

  June 11, 2021

• Nevada becomes second state with public health insurance option after governor OK

  June 10, 2021

• 'Covid hangover' to spur health costs to rise 6.5% in 2022, PwC poll predicts

  June 9, 2021

• Ambulatory services led healthcare jobs recovery in May

  June 4, 2021

• Sentara, Cone Health latest nonprofit systems to nix merger plans

  June 2, 2021

• Nurse shortages spur systems to dangle steep sign-on bonuses

  June 1, 2021

• Physicians, patients lost trust in US healthcare system amid pandemic, survey finds

  May 25, 2021

• Banner launches digital health program through its Cerner EHR

  May 20, 2021

• Eli Lilly fires back against HHS order to repay providers for violating 340B

  May 18, 2021

• Tenet hospital hiring some replacement nurses permanently 11 weeks into strike

  May 17, 2021

• Report calls for broader scope of practice for nurses, better support for equity, mental health

  May 12, 2021

• National Nurses United President Deborah Burger on how COVID-19 has affected union efforts

  May 10, 2021

• April jobs report lackluster for healthcare, with ambulatory gains offsetting steep nursing losses

  May 7, 2021

• Pandemic spurs more nurses to consider leaving their roles, McKinsey report finds

  May 6, 2021

• State lawmakers mull out-of-state nurse licenses after pandemic rollbacks

  May 4, 2021

• C-suite execs want government action on rising healthcare costs, report finds

  April 30, 2021

• Community Health swings to $64M loss in Q1

  April 29, 2021

• Tenet nurse strike drags on for 8th week as talks yield no progress

  April 28, 2021

• UHS posts Q1 profit, will hand back some CARES funds

  April 27, 2021

• Health benefits platform Accolade acquires virtual primary care company for $450M

  April 26, 2021

• Tenet posts Q1 profit, but suggests recovery won't be swift

  April 21, 2021

• Medicare sequester cut pause extended through 2021

  April 14, 2021

• Healthcare workers say they need mental health services, but many aren't getting them

  April 7, 2021

• Shifting payer mix puts 340B hospitals at risk of losing eligibility

  April 1, 2021

• Medical liability insurance premiums rising after stable decade, AMA report finds

  March 30, 2021

• Senate passes bill extending Medicare sequester cut pause

  March 26, 2021

• After 7 weeks on strike, Tenet nurses, hospital schedule first bargaining session

  March 25, 2021

• As Medicare sequester cut extension deadline looms, AHA urges Senate to act

  March 24, 2021

• House passes bill that would extend Medicare sequester cuts until December

  March 19, 2021

• 1 year of COVID-19 has changed what it's like to work in healthcare

  March 17, 2021

• Lawmakers mull greater federal healthcare worker protections

  March 12, 2021

• 800 Tenet nurses striking in Massachusetts with no end date

  March 5, 2021

• Becerra tells Californians to dispute COVID-19 fees from providers

  March 4, 2021

• Hospital-backed housing brings positive social return on investment: Health Affairs

  March 2, 2021

• Cyberattack cost UHS $67M in back half of 2020

  Feb. 26, 2021

• Rising expenses threaten hospitals' financial recovery: AHA, Kaufman Hall report

  Feb. 25, 2021

• Baylor Scott and White, other hospitals stressed as storms pummel Texas, southern states

  Feb. 17, 2021

• 800 Tenet nurses at Massachusetts hospital set March strike date

  Feb. 12, 2021

• Tenet swings to profit, but execs guarded on a post-pandemic recovery

  Feb. 10, 2021

• Healthcare lost 30K jobs in January in first setback since pandemic hit

  Feb. 5, 2021

• Joint Commission: Burned out healthcare workers need a lifeline

  Feb. 3, 2021

• Thousands of nurses at HCA, Sutter, Dignity to bargain for first contracts since COVID-19

  Feb. 2, 2021

• Physician practices take pandemic hit in tandem with hospitals, Kaufman Hall finds

  Jan. 26, 2021

• Pandemic worsens burnout of female physicians, critical care and infectious docs

  Jan. 25, 2021

• 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