by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 16, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Workforce hurdles such as personnel shortages were the top headache for community hospital CEOs in 2022, outweighing the longtime go-to of financial issues for a second consecutive year in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ latest annual survey. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 16, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The advocacy group Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) launched a new effort Wednesday to persuade the Biden administration to overhaul a proposal it says will cut Medicare Advantage (MA) plan payments by 2.27 percent. BMA, which lobbies Congress and the federal government...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 16, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
Two federal panels of addiction experts on Wednesday unanimously recommended that Narcan, the overdose-reversing nasal spray, be made widely available without a prescription, a significant step in the effort to stem skyrocketing drug fatalities. Making Narcan an...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 16, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
CommonSpirit Health, a Chicago-based nonprofit system, is buying five hospitals to extend its western U.S. footprint, despite a challenging operating environment that continues to weigh on the health care industry. CommonSpirit said on Wednesday it will acquire...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 15, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Changes to school nutrition standards that pushed more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products significantly decreased kids’ and teens’ body mass index after the standards were implemented in 2010, a new study finds. The new study comes as the...
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