by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A Modern Healthcare article says that health care providers such as Advocate Health, Ochsner Health, and Inspira Health are turning their focus to long-term, creative, and cost-effective investments to support employee mental health. With greater attention to employee...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Dozens of safety-net hospitals across five states filed a lawsuit last week against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging that yearslong delays in correcting Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments have cost them “tens of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Washington Post and Axios say Match Day trends show more medical student graduates are shunning the ER and instead choosing specialties like orthopedics and plastic surgery. More than 550 slots for emergency medicine residents were left unfilled this year,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill to be unveiled Friday in the state Legislature. The bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 16, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Nonprofit hospitals received $28 billion in taxpayer subsidies in 2020 but only provided $16 billion in free or discounted care, a new analysis found. Hospitals have long argued that nonprofit providers do more for their communities than can be adequately measured and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 10, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Eliminating “bureaucratic” requirements such as prior authorization or other workflow tasks that keep providers from caring for patients will go a long way toward addressing the nationwide crisis of clinician burnout, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D. said...
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