COVID-19: Page 4
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Mass General Brigham adopts patient code of conduct
The new policy comes as nurses and physicians across the country report an escalation in aggression against healthcare providers.
By Susan Kelly • Nov. 7, 2022 -
COVID-19 telehealth diagnoses fell in August
There was no change in telehealth use in the Midwest and Northeast in August, but utilization rose 4.7% in the South and fell 1.4% in the West.
By Hailey Mensik • Nov. 3, 2022 -
Trendline
Healthcare Dive's Outlook for 2022
As the country enters its third year of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, fault lines in the healthcare landscape are becoming more clear and long-term implications are becoming more evident.
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Hospitals face lowest readmission fines since 2014, analysis finds
More than 2,200 hospitals will incur penalties, the lowest number in nearly a decade, as the CMS adjusted its calculations for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Susan Kelly • Nov. 2, 2022 -
Over 200,000 healthcare workers quit jobs last year
Internal medicine, family practice, clinical psychology, chiropractic and psychology were among the specialties facing the highest turnover in 2021, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 26, 2022 -
Hospitals pivot to new tactics as they try to recruit, retain staff
“We’re not just competing among healthcare organizations anymore,” Geisinger Chief Nursing Officer Janet Tomcavage said. “Now we’re really competing with the broader labor market.”
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 26, 2022 -
HCA shares fall after COVID-19 admissions decline in Q3
A spike in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant in 2021 contributed to the operator’s decline in Q3 admissions.
By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 21, 2022 -
HHS needs to update strategic national stockpile procedures, GAO report says
Current procedures the HHS uses to make inventory decisions are hampering its ability to ensure the stockpile has the right resources in the right quantities to combat future crises, a GAO report found.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 18, 2022 -
Omicron boosters from Pfizer, Moderna cleared by FDA for younger children
Pfizer's reformulated vaccine is now authorized for use in children at least 5 years of age, while Moderna's will be available for kids as young as 6.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Oct. 13, 2022 -
Physicians are experiencing delayed COVID-19 burnout
Physician burnout has risen during the most recent phase of the pandemic, resulting in exacerbated retention challenges among healthcare workers, an MGMA survey and other recent reports have found.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 11, 2022 -
Healthcare jobs recovered from early pandemic losses
Ambulatory healthcare services and hospitals each added 28,000 jobs in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 7, 2022 -
SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to health worker vaccine mandate
In January, the high court upheld the CMS rule mandating that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 at medical facilities that receive federal funding.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 4, 2022 -
Telehealth use rose overall in July, report finds
Telehealth use increased in the West, Midwest and South in July while it fell in the Northeast, according to Fair Health’s monthly telehealth data out Monday.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 3, 2022 -
Stopgap Senate bill advances, but leaves COVID-19 funding behind
The bill cuts funding for COVID-19 and monkeypox aid but extends two rural hospital programs.
By Sydney Halleman • Sept. 28, 2022 -
COVID-19 testing startup Curative pivots to health plan offering
The plan will offer $0 copays and $0 deductibles to employers in the Austin, Texas, area after a baseline health visit is conducted.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 22, 2022 -
Watchdog faults FDA for rushing COVID tests to market by easing emergency use rules
The HHS Office of Inspector General found that by loosening emergency use authorization requirements to bring COVID-19 tests to market faster, the agency allowed inaccurate tests to be distributed.
By Elise Reuter • Sept. 22, 2022 -
HHS ‘roadmap’ aims to tackle nation’s mental health crisis
The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 21, 2022 -
Emotional exhaustion worse for healthcare workers in second year of pandemic, research finds
Nurses reported feeling more emotionally exhausted during the pandemic, with physicians also noticing an increase. The report comes as some nurses fight for better working conditions.
By Hailey Mensik • Sept. 21, 2022 -
Healthcare saw less job loss than other industries during pandemic, research finds
During the pandemic, unemployment rates among healthcare workers rose to 3.2% while those for non-healthcare workers rose to 6.1%, according to research published Monday in JAMA.
By Hailey Mensik • Sept. 19, 2022 -
Physician burnout higher in 2021 than 2020, study shows
Burnout can push providers to leave the profession or retire early, and poses other complications for health systems and clinics.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 15, 2022 -
OIG report suggests telehealth fraud rare in Medicare
A small proportion of providers that billed for telehealth — 1,714 out of 742,000 — posed a high risk of fraud or abuse to Medicare in COVID-19’s first year, regulators found.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 8, 2022 -
Q&A
Ezekiel Emanuel on the state of COVID-19 in the US and the ‘major issue’ of healthcare burnout
The bioethicist and Affordable Care Act draftsman talked about the nation’s new attitude toward the pandemic and what we know about long COVID-19.
By Sydney Halleman • Sept. 6, 2022 -
CDC backs updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer, Moderna
One day after the FDA’s authorization, the CDC recommended the companies’ omicron-targeted vaccines for most adults and children over 12 years old.
By Delilah Alvarado • Sept. 2, 2022 -
FDA clears updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer, Moderna
The new shots, which are designed to better target circulating strains of omicron, could be available within days. Advisers to the CDC are set to meet later this week.
By Delilah Alvarado • Aug. 31, 2022 -
Funds for free COVID-19 vaccines could run out as early as January, HHS says
The commercial market for COVID-19 vaccinations could be similar to that for seasonal flu shots and other vaccines, the department said.
By Sydney Halleman • Aug. 31, 2022 -
FDA takes N95 respirators off medical device shortage list
Respirators were one of the first medical devices identified as being in critical shortage during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the agency said.
By Ricky Zipp • Aug. 30, 2022