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...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 2, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report found that hospitals’ margins, outpatient volumes, and revenues all dropped while expenses rose in January. According to the report, outpatient care delays from December to January caused outpatient revenue to drop...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Providers
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that receiving care from an expensive hospital in a concentrated market increases spending but has no detectable effect on mortality. However, the relationship between higher prices and lower...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 25, 2022 | Providers
HHS announced that more than $560 million in Provider Relief Fund payments will be made available to over 4,100 medical providers this week. According to the announcement, $11.5 billion in Phase 4 payments have now gone to 78,000 providers across all states, D.C., and...
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