by Jordana Choucair | Jun 10, 2022 | Providers
HHS announced a national competition awarding a total of $1 million in cash prizes to encourage innovation through technical assistance to health centers. The Building Bridges to Better Health: A Primary Health Care Challenge is a collaboration with a wide range of...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 10, 2022 | Providers
New research published in JAMA found that fewer than 6 percent of hospitals are in compliance with the price transparency rule. Of the 5,239 hospitals studied, 13.9 percent had a machine-readable file but not a consumer-friendly display, 29.4 percent had a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 9, 2022 | Providers
Two U.S. representatives introduced a bipartisan bill to establish legal penalties for assaulting or intimidating hospital employees. The Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act includes protections for “individuals who may be mentally incapacitated...
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...
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