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

Researchers also found that most National Cancer Institute-designated facilities did not publicly disclose payer-specific prices for cancer therapies as required by federal price transparency regulations.

By Hailey Mensik • April 19, 2022

Hospitals blast 'unacceptable' inpatient payment bump

Despite the 3.2% overall hike, the AHA argued that net payments to hospitals may decrease due to cuts in other areas, including uncompensated care.

By Shannon Muchmore • April 19, 2022

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Providence promotes Sara Vaezy to chief digital officer

Vaezy replaces Aaron Martin, who departed Providence for online retail giant Amazon and now serves as vice president of its healthcare division.

By Samantha Liss • April 19, 2022

How health system leaders are navigating ongoing staffing shortages: survey

More than 90% of health system leaders have increased compensation to recruit and retain staff, while 81% said they are still filling gaps with agency labor, per a new Advis report.

By Hailey Mensik • April 18, 2022

Providence Health to pay $22M to settle claims of unnecessary neurosurgeries

Two neurosurgeons in Washington state were accused of operating on patients who were not appropriate candidates for surgery, causing excessive complications and negative outcomes.

By Susan Kelly • April 13, 2022

New York grants nurse practitioners full practice authority

It's the latest state that relaxed rules for nurse practitioners during the pandemic then decided to make those changes permanent. Half the states in the country now grant full practice authority to NPs.

By Hailey Mensik • April 13, 2022

Tax breaks to many nonprofit hospitals exceed charity care provided, Lown Institute finds

The American Hospital Association pushed back on the findings in a Tuesday statement, saying hospitals provide many community benefits not included in the report.

By Susan Kelly • Updated April 13, 2022

Higher education can help solve America's nursing shortage

By adapting new tactics, building more flexible ways to credential new nurses and making academic progression more accessible, learning institutions can take critical steps to strengthen America's core of nurses, the authors argue.

By Jennifer Graebe and Lisa McIntyre-Hite • April 11, 2022

Which healthcare workers are most likely to quit their jobs?

Following massive job losses at the start of the pandemic, turnover rates have mostly improved for healthcare workers — except for physicians and those working in long-term care, according to new research in Health Affairs.

By Hailey Mensik • April 11, 2022

More than 4K Stanford nurses vote to strike in California

Nurses will begin an open-ended strike April 25 if they are unable to reach a deal with the system, according to a statement from the union. The two sides have met with a federal mediator three times.

By Hailey Mensik • Updated April 14, 2022

Healthcare staffing outlook: A more competitive market and higher rates of burnout

The healthcare industry has faced unprecedented staffing challenges over the past two years. Learn what the leaders of CHG Healthcare's staffing brands had to say about the competition to attract and retain providers in 2022.

April 11, 2022

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

Hospital M&A activity in the first quarter bucked last year's trends as both the amount and size of deals shrank, according to Kaufman Hall.

By Hailey Mensik • April 8, 2022

'Where's the patient?': Experts question FDA's final recall guidance

While the guidance encouraged the use of electronic communications in recalls, a change experts have advocated for, some questioned why the agency did not address more problems with the system.

By Ricky Zipp • April 7, 2022

Surprise billing compliance ‘very daunting,’ regulatory experts say

The bill is best known for its signature achievement, but there are lesser known requirements that are difficult to put into practice, experts told Healthcare Dive.

By Samantha Liss • April 7, 2022

Advocate Aurora investment arm acquires remote monitoring firm

This is the fourth transaction for the newly minted Advocate Aurora Enterprise, which launched last year with the aim of building a portfolio of companies beyond acute medical care.

By Samantha Liss • April 7, 2022

Intermountain, SCL Health complete merger, forming $12B system

Combined, the system will become one of the nation's largest nonprofit health operators with 33 hospitals and hundreds of clinics across seven states.

By Samantha Liss • April 6, 2022

Facing opposition, Mass General Brigham pulls back surgery center plans

Although the system has withdrawn a proposal for three suburban surgery centers, it did secure recommendations for conditional approval for two other large-scale projects.

By Samantha Liss • April 5, 2022

Surprisingly, physician burnout could contribute to slightly better outcomes, new study suggests

But this doesn't indicate that physician burnout is beneficial or should be tolerated, researchers said, stressing that the relationship between burnout and outcomes is complex and needs further investigation.

By Rebecca Pifer • April 4, 2022

Ascension, AdventHealth make breakup official, renaming hospitals

The end of the joint venture formed in 2015 to run hospitals in the Chicago area will see 14 facilities operate under the Ascension name and four carry the AdventHealth banner.

By Susan Kelly • April 4, 2022

Connecting compliance and HR to tackle the nurse staffing crisis

The ongoing nurse staffing crisis is creating a multitude of complexities for hospitals and healthcare systems, especially verifying credentials.

April 4, 2022

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

"This is a bigger workforce shortage than we have ever dealt with," said Gay Landstrom, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Trinity Health, a nonprofit system with 88 hospitals nationwide.

By Hailey Mensik • March 31, 2022

Hospital lobby says merger guidelines don't need 'major revisions'

Antitrust regulators are angling to modernize the guidelines, which have not been updated in more than a decade, as the Biden administration increasingly cracks down on consolidation.

By Samantha Liss • March 31, 2022

Hospitals bet big on venture capital amid COVID-19 revenue flux

Hospitals are increasingly acting as venture capitalists, ratcheting up investments in companies with products they can use and scale, according to a data analysis of hospital VC arms conducted by Healthcare Dive.

By Rebecca Pifer • March 30, 2022

Hospital E/M visit charges continued to rise in 2020, Fair Health finds

Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.

By Shannon Muchmore • March 30, 2022

Eyeing Europe's COVID-19 resurgence, AHA asks HHS to renew public health emergency

In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, hospitals emphasized the need to be prepared for more potential disruptions to the healthcare delivery system.

By Susan Kelly • March 29, 2022