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Hospital labor expenses up 37% from pre-pandemic levels in March
Hospitals spent nearly $5,500 in labor expenses per adjusted discharge in March compared to about $4,000 roughly three years ago, according to a report from Kaufman Hall.
By Hailey Mensik • May 12, 2022 -
VA EHR implementation facing patient data, access concerns, audit finds
The multibillion-dollar Cerner implementation hasn't improved data exchange as well as some had hoped, as the departments "did not take all actions needed to achieve interoperability," the audit found.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 12, 2022 -
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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FTC likely to examine insurer overlap in Advocate Aurora, Atrium merger
Mergers with geographic overlap often face challenges. This deal doesn't "raise the same red flags, but it doesn't mean that it gets waved through," said Leemore Dafny, former deputy director of healthcare and antitrust at the FTC.
By Samantha Liss • May 12, 2022 -
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Intermountain names first chief equity officer
Tiffany Capeles' "leadership and her strong record of achieving greater health equity have earned her the respect of our peers in healthcare along with well-deserved national acclaim," Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison said.
By Samantha Liss • May 11, 2022 -
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Advocate Aurora, Atrium Health to merge, creating $27B system
The combination brings together two separate regional health systems, one with operations in the Midwest and the other with a four-state reach in the South.
By Samantha Liss • May 11, 2022 -
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Rising Google searches for procedures suggest recovering demand, analysts say
Searches for surgeries like orthopaedics, general surgery and cardiovascular procedures are above pre-pandemic levels, providing another data point to indicate that demand is recovering, according to a Needham report.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 11, 2022 -
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Patient experience, safety worse during pandemic, Leapfrog says
Patients reported issues with hospital staff responsiveness and said their experiences with care transitions out of a hospital setting worsened considerably during the pandemic, according to the watchdog.
By Hailey Mensik • May 10, 2022 -
Insurers saw profits rise in Q1 as cost increases weighed on hospitals
The results spurred payers to paint an improved financial outlook for the full year compared to earlier estimates for 2022.
By Samantha Liss • May 9, 2022 -
Workers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles begin 5-day strike
Contract negotiations started in March. Last month, 2,000 employees represented by the union voted to authorize a strike.
By Hailey Mensik • May 9, 2022 -
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Mass General Brigham gets partial nod for $2B expansion
Massachusetts' leading hospital system, under state scrutiny to rein in spending, has cleared a key hurdle in its expansion plans.
By Susan Kelly • May 9, 2022 -
Investment losses, COVID-19 costs drive Kaiser to $961M net loss
That's down from a net income of $2 billion at the same time last year.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 9, 2022 -
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Nonprofit break-off drives Sutter to net loss, as system faces year full of labor negotiations
Despite an improvement in operations, an Oakland-based university disaffiliating from the system in January drove Sutter to a loss of $184 million in the first quarter.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated May 12, 2022 -
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Hospitals, PBMs say drugmaker restrictions on 340B discounts stifling finances
Four court decisions on the legality of the restrictions — two in favor of drugmakers and two against — are currently pending appeals.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 5, 2022 -
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Hospital, payer, IT groups urge Congress to overturn ban on unique patient identifier
Industry groups are ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to nix a decadesold ban on using federal funding to create a UPI. Subcommittees, meanwhile, are continuing hearings for 2023 appropriations bills.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 5, 2022 -
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ER providers push for federal protection against rising health worker violence
Nurses have been bitten, punched and strangled with stethoscopes, "all while just trying to provide basic care to patients," Todd Haines, a member of the Emergency Nurses Association, said Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
By Hailey Mensik • May 5, 2022 -
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Banner Health invests in surgery center firm Atlas Healthcare Partners
The investment from Banner will help Atlas scale and "grow into a larger national partner for other health systems," the companies announced Tuesday.
By Samantha Liss • May 4, 2022 -
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Stanford nurses ratify deal, ending weeklong strike
Nurses will return to work Tuesday after ratifying a deal on new contracts that include measures to better retain and recruit nursing staff, the union said.
By Hailey Mensik • May 3, 2022 -
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Hospital volumes, revenues rebounded as omicron cases waned in March
Many patients returned for nonurgent procedures and other non-COVID-19 care, especially outpatient, that had been previously delayed, according to a Kaufman Hall report.
By Hailey Mensik • May 3, 2022 -
Surprise Billing
Air ambulance provider latest to sue over surprise billing ban
The central issue of the new lawsuit is the guidance the federal government has provided to third-party arbiters.
By Samantha Liss • May 2, 2022 -
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Labor costs unlikely to wind down soon, for-profit hospitals report in Q1
Hospital operators hoped the need for temporary nursing staff and heightened labor costs would ease alongside dwindling cases of the omicron variant, as they did during previous waves. That wasn't the case in the first quarter.
By Hailey Mensik • May 2, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Touro University3 questions for Dr. Alan Kadish, Touro University President
Between new locations, expanding programs and an ever-growing list of community service initiatives, Touro University is becoming one of the nation's leaders in medical and health science education in myriad ways.
May 2, 2022 -
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CommonSpirit names new CEO, Wright Lassiter of Henry Ford Health
Wright Lassiter will succeed Lloyd Dean, who announced his intent to retire last year, setting off a nationwide executive search.
By Samantha Liss • April 29, 2022 -
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Molina's first-quarter COVID-19 costs reached highest peak since pandemic's start, CEO says
Still, those costs were almost entirely offset by members cutting back on healthcare visits, a common trend throughout the pandemic, CEO Joe Zubretsky said Thursday.
By Samantha Liss • April 28, 2022 -
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Thousands of Stanford nurses in California reach deal to end strike
Nurses voted on a tentative agreement Sunday and if they ratify the deal they will return to work Tuesday under new contracts, according to the union.
By Hailey Mensik • Updated May 2, 2022 -
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Rising expenses at hospitals are unsustainable, AHA says
Hospital labor expenses per patient alone increased about 20% from 2019 to 2021, according to a new report from the hospital lobby.
By Samantha Liss • April 26, 2022
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