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For-profits focus more on outpatient care as inpatient volume remains depressed
Inpatient volumes for non-COVID-19 care have flagged throughout the pandemic, leading some operators to focus more heavily on outpatient service lines like ASCs and freestanding emergency departments.
By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 28, 2022 -
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One Medical partnering with Connecticut health system, but stock drags on high MLR
CEO Amir Dan Rubin told analysts in a call Wednesday that COVID-19 headwinds continue, including staffing shortages, a lag in return to care and reduced revenue from testing.
By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 24, 2022 -
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Teladoc issues strong outlook as 2021 revenue tops $2B
But market uncertainty and expected growth weighted in the back half of 2022 sent the company's stock slumping.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 23, 2022 -
Ascension's Q2 profit falls amid omicron surge
Ascension's operating margin in the first six months of its fiscal year fell to 0.2% from 5.7% the year prior as it faced a host of challenges.
By Samantha Liss • Feb. 22, 2022 -
Nonprofit hospitals may provide less community benefit than for-profits in some states, study suggests
The results raise questions about the magnitude of tax subsidies nonprofits receive, and whether policymakers should better tie subsidies to facility performance in providing community benefit.
By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 16, 2022 -
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CommonSpirit posts operating loss in quarter, hurt by surging labor costs
One of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems also disclosed an agreement to acquire a pair of hospitals in the central U.S. for $135 million.
By Susan Kelly • Feb. 16, 2022 -
Baylor Scott & White's income slumps as expenses climb
Like other healthcare providers, Texas' biggest nonprofit hospital system is contending with rising labor and supply costs and softer income as the country enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Susan Kelly • Feb. 15, 2022 -
Kaiser sets new record for annual net income with $8.1B
Kaiser, which noted its integrated business model also helped it weather the pandemic on strong financial footing, covered 12.5 million members at the end of 2021.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 14, 2022 -
'An ever-spiraling upward cycle': nonprofit hospital CEOs paid 8 times more than average worker
The pandemic has given hospitals (and especially their boards, which decide salary) the chance to rethink how they compensate CEOs. Researchers suggest hospitals look into aligning CEO salary with the value they create.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 11, 2022 -
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Tenet continues bet on ambulatory surgery centers to drive long-term growth
The hospital operator plans to buy 30 more centers from SurgCenter Development in 2022, in addition to the 16 it's already acquired this year, executives said on a earnings call Tuesday.
By Hailey Mensik • Feb. 9, 2022 -
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Boosters and test demand — coupled with lower COVID-19 treatment costs — drove CVS profit up 33% in Q4
People flocked to get booster shots as the omicron variant drove a sharp increase in testing, boosting revenue for CVS' drugstore segment. Meanwhile, its payer arm reported lower-than-expected COVID-19 treatment costs.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Feb. 9, 2022 -
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Pfizer forecasts $100B in sales, fueled by COVID-19 vaccine, pill
The company estimated revenue from its COVID-19 vaccine and new antiviral pill Paxlovid will total $54 billion this year.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Feb. 8, 2022 -
Along with rate increase for MA plans, CMS pitches closer look at social determinants of health
Cowen analysts said the rate increase "should support another year of benefit enhancements & strong enrollment growth," and noted that in recent years the final rate has been higher than what was first proposed.
By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 3, 2022 -
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Humana looks to cut costs, reinvest $1B into Medicare business
Part of the plan includes "optimizing" the workforce. Executives didn't clarify whether that would include layoffs.
By Samantha Liss • Feb. 2, 2022 -
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Hospitals felt omicron's full force in late 2021, Kaufman Hall says
A respite from treating large volumes of COVID-19 patients was short-lived last fall as people with symptoms filled hospital emergency rooms and boosted visits in December, according to a new report.
By Susan Kelly • Feb. 1, 2022 -
Cleveland Clinic reports COVID-spurred financial windfall in 2021
The nonprofit has yet to publicly issue a comprehensive financial statement, but some initial figures illustrate how Cleveland Clinic — like some other major hospital chains — has actually prospered financially during the pandemic.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds
Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.
By Hailey Mensik • Jan. 28, 2022 -
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Staffing agencies 'exploiting' nurse shortage, hospital lobby says in letter urging White House to investigate
With nurses in high demand, hospitals and nursing homes are forced to accept "exorbitant" rates set by staffing agencies, their lobbies argue.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 28, 2022 -
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HCA to build 5 new hospitals in Texas
The news comes on the heels of HCA's plans to build three new hospitals in Florida, another core market for the Nashville-based health system.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 27, 2022 -
Safety net hospitals report growing financial hit from loss of 340B drug discounts
Drugmakers' ability to restrict discounts is currently being litigated in court. But more companies have enacted policies limiting such discounts since the time of a new 340B Health report, so it likely underestimates hospital losses.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 27, 2022 -
HHS to distribute $2B in COVID-19 relief funds to providers this week to ease staffing, financial challenges
The agency is sending payments to more than 7,600 healthcare providers nationwide this week to help them as staffing shortages and heightened labor expenses pose new financial challenges.
By Hailey Mensik • Jan. 26, 2022 -
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Mass General dinged for spending growth by state regulator
A key driver behind spending at the health system is prices, not increased utilization, according to the Health Policy Commission, which is charged with policing healthcare cost growth in the state.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 26, 2022 -
Anthem doubles profit to $1.1B, issues conservative 2022 guidance
Membership targets for the coming year, for one, "look a shade light," one analyst noted, though Anthem said it expects COVID-19 to cause less of a headwind in 2022 than in prior years.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 26, 2022 -
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Hospitals request more federal help battling rising labor expenses, staffing shortages amid omicron
The hospital lobby also is renewing its push in requesting the Federal Trade Commission investigate travel-nurse staffing firms for anticompetitive behavior as facilities have seen elevated pay rates throughout the pandemic.
By Hailey Mensik • Jan. 25, 2022 -
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Deep DiveThe shifting digital health investment landscape in 2022
Signs point toward another historic year in VC investment, experts say, which will benefit the medical system as it evolves to include more digital services.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 25, 2022
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