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US kidney care getting revamp, HHS officials say
Stocks of multiple dialysis providers plummeted Monday as Trump administration health chiefs previewed changes to kidney care payment models and transplant procedures.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 4, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Mixing medicine and money: Why the rise of health system VCs is raising ethical concerns
More dollars than ever are flowing from VCs affiliated with nonprofit health systems, spurring questions around conflicts of interest.
By Andrew Dunn • March 4, 2019 -
Ascension hires first chief community impact officer
The nation's largest nonprofit hospital operator said it created the role to focus on improving the health of the communities it serves across the country.
By Samantha Liss • March 4, 2019 -
Time's Up Healthcare takes aim at sexual harassment, gender inequity
The campaign's early supporters include Mayo Clinic, Yale and Brigham Health.
By Meg Bryant • March 4, 2019 -
Some VA facilities overlooked background info, inappropriately hired providers
A Government Accountability Office report found the Veterans Health Administration was not consistent in how it responded to adverse-action information from the National Practitioner Data Bank.
By Les Masterson • March 1, 2019 -
UPMC operating revenue up 20% to $19B in 2018 as it preps for legal bout
The nonprofit health system reported outpatient revenue grew 25%, admissions increased 15% and physician revenue rose 13% in 2018.
By Meg Bryant • March 1, 2019 -
EHR shortcomings harm care coordination, risk patient safety, study finds
Gaps in EHR design and functionality lead to more workarounds and affect care team communication, according to a new PLOS One report.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 28, 2019 -
Cost major influence in choosing medical care, survey shows
Despite that concern and rising out-of-pocket costs, more than two-thirds of adults don't seek cost estimates before getting care, a VisitPay survey found.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 28, 2019 -
CMS updates hospital star ratings for the first time since 2017
The American Hospital Association and America's Essential Hospitals both decried the quality ratings update, with the AHA calling the program "flawed from the outset."
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 28, 2019 -
UHS beats expectations amid behavioral health, DOJ costs
Revenue rose for the hospital operator, but headwinds from an ongoing government investigation into behavioral health properties spurred a 28% net income tumble for the quarter.
By Tony Abraham • Feb. 28, 2019 -
With latest Grassley probe, hospitals can expect invitations to talk
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee penned the public letter to exert pressure on the IRS and nonprofit hospitals alike, experts said.
By Samantha Liss • Feb. 27, 2019 -
Opinion
What 150 healthcare executives can teach us about consumerism
Optum Advisory Service's Becca Lococo sums up a recent panel touching on data, interoperability and partnerships.
By Becca Lococo • Feb. 27, 2019 -
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Tenet's patient volumes face sustained pressure
Tenet disclosed it may have found a buyer or partner for its Conifer business, though executives could not offer any specifics.
By Samantha Liss • Feb. 26, 2019 -
Physicians make their hospitals $2.4M yearly, report finds
Cardiovascular surgeons make the most on average for their facilities, according to the report by a unit of AMN Healthcare, a medical staffing company.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 26, 2019 -
Travel to healthcare appointments, wait times haven't improved in 11 years
Patients' travel and wait times are in some cases more than twice as long in healthcare than other professional services, the report from Altarum said.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 25, 2019 -
Physician burnout down from 2014 peak, report finds
Though burnout is down from its levels five years ago, physician satisfaction with work-life balance has yet to rebound from its 2011 high, according to the study conducted in part by the American Medical Association.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 22, 2019 -
EHR satisfaction higher at hospitals with top adoption model, analysis finds
Doctors at organizations in Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model report better functionality, more personalization of EHRs and better teamwork among clinicians, according to a new KLAS-HIMSS Analytics report.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 21, 2019 -
USDA
1 in 5 rural hospitals at risk of closing, Navigant says
More than 60% of those facilities are "highly essential" to the heath and economic well-being of their communities, according to a new report.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 21, 2019 -
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CHS tops Q4 expectations with revenue boost
The Tennessee chain, which is nearing its divestiture goal, incurred losses from a drop in volume and increased operational costs.
By Tony Abraham • Feb. 21, 2019 -
Hospitals now employ more than 40% of physicians, analysis finds
The number of hospital-acquired physician practices grew from 35,700 in 2012 to more than 80,000 in early 2018, according to a new report by Avalere Health and the Physicians Advisory Institute.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 21, 2019 -
Washington, DC's $1.3B in medical construction led US
The top 25 U.S. metros with a population of 1 million or more people saw a total of $15.7 billion of medical construction activity last year.
By Kim Slowey • Feb. 20, 2019 -
Mayo Clinic revenue up 5% to $12.6B in 2018
The showing came despite a $1 billion investment to implement an enterprise-wide Epic EHR and $50 million in missed revenue due to the transition.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 20, 2019 -
Q&A
Google Cloud's head of healthcare on data silos, cybersecurity and APIs in the age of the cloud
Greg Moore met up with Healthcare Dive at HIMSS19 to break down some of the most pressing issues of the day — and how Google wants to be a part of the solution.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 20, 2019 -
No. 1 word in online negative hospital reviews is 'told'
Providers need to learn to communicate with patients through "caring language," the authors of a new Penn Medicine study said.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 19, 2019 -
Hospital lobbying in 2018 — by the numbers
Drug pricing program 340B was the marquee issue for health systems last year, with concentrated efforts on site neutrality, Medicaid funding, safety net hospitals, drug pricing and Medicare for all.
By Tony Abraham • Feb. 19, 2019
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