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...
by Jordana Choucair | May 10, 2022 | Providers
The Leapfrog Group released its twice-annual hospital safety grades and an accompanying inpatient experience report showing a general decline among several hospital safety measures concurrent with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 3,000 U.S. general hospitals...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Providers
Some hospitals are attempting to raise prices by up to 15 percent in an effort to offset mounting costs for nurse salaries. According to employers and insurers, the requests are more than the 4 percent to 6 percent price increases that hospitals typically seek and...
by Jordana Choucair | May 5, 2022 | Providers
A new study published in Health Affairs shows that only a small amount of physicians in Medicaid managed care plans care for Medicaid patients. Researchers found that approximately one-third of outpatient primary care and specialist physicians that contracted with...
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