by Jordana Choucair | Mar 14, 2022 | Providers
A jury sided with Sutter Health in an antitrust case that claimed the health system drove up health premiums through anticompetitive behavior. The case comprises three million individuals and small businesses who plaintiffs’ lawyers said paid higher premiums for...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | Providers
A CMS official said the agency is on a “full-court sprint” to establish new safety standards and regulations for nursing homes, with plans to launch minimum staffing requirements within a year. While there’s no set timeline yet for CMS’ plans...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 9, 2022 | Providers
A recent Health Affairs study found that for-profits hospitals were more likely to align service offerings with profitability than nonprofit and government-run hospitals. The researchers noted that nonprofit and government hospitals alike were more likely to offer any...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 7, 2022 | Providers
A CVS Health/Harris Poll revealed that more than half of all Americans have directly felt the effects of health care worker shortages. Forty-five percent of the 2,000 adults polled February 10-15 said they had trouble scheduling appointments. Thirty-three percent said...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 7, 2022 | Providers
CVS Health announced it awarded nearly $700K to help five of its Workforce Innovation and Talent Center (WITC) partners stabilize operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CVS Health’s WITCs provides employment services and training to underserved populations. Soon,...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 2, 2022 | Providers
A study led by the American Medical Association (AMA) revealed that nearly $1 billion in annual excess health care spending is due to turnover of primary care physicians. The analysis found $979 million in excess health spending annually comes from primary care...
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