by Jordana Choucair | Jun 7, 2022 | Providers
The American Health Care Association released survey data indicating that nursing homes across the U.S. are facing closure risks amid staff shortages and higher operating costs. The survey found that nearly 60 percent of nursing homes in the U.S. are operating at a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 1, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s latest National Hospital Flash Report indicates that hospitals and health systems suffered their fourth straight month of negative operating margins in April. The median operating margin index for hospitals and health systems in April was -3.09 percent,...
by Jordana Choucair | May 23, 2022 | Providers
S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy unveiled a new report warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Surgeon General’s Advisory Addressing Health Worker Burnout” projects a shortage of “3 million...
by Jordana Choucair | May 17, 2022 | Providers
Johns Hopkins researchers found that government relief funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic played a substantial role in keeping hospitals afloat. The researchers found that even though hospitals’ mean operating margin declined from –1.0 percent in 2019 to –7.4 percent...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report revealing that 25 percent of Medicare patients treated in acute care hospitals in 2018 experienced patient harm, 43 percent of which was likely preventable....
by Jordana Choucair | May 12, 2022 | Providers
A new McKinsey report predicts that the U.S. will have a shortfall of 200,000 to 450,000 nurses available for direct patient care by 2025. To close the gap, the country would need to more than double the number of new graduates entering and staying in the nursing...
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