[ad_1] While many people associate blockchain technology with the financial industry, I firmly believe that 2022 will be a pivotal year in driving healthcare industry awareness and adoption. […]
COVID boosters for some Chicago hospital staff not required
[ad_1] “It’s a really, really tough situation here,” Dr. Emily Landon, the executive medical director of infection prevention and control at UChicago Medicine, told Crain’s on Jan. 20 […]
Travel nurses saw an increase in pay during the pandemic. Now, they could lose those benefits
[ad_1] Originally published by The 19th For the nurses who have witnessed the darkest moments of the pandemic under harrowing work conditions, the rise in demand for travel […]
CHS projects better earnings, lower debt ratio
[ad_1] Community Health Systems updated its longer-term financial goals Thursday to be slightly more ambitious than when they were originally unveiled early last year. The tweaked goals were […]
Lifespan, Care New England Health System merger blocked by federal and state regulators
[ad_1] Federal and state regulators will sue to block Lifespan and Care New England Health System’s proposed merger, which officials said Thursday would increase prices, reduce quality and […]
FTC votes against investigation into PBM business practices
[ad_1] On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission voted 2-2 against studying how the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers effect independent pharmacies. Commissioners Noah Phillips and Christine Wilson, […]
Payers, providers ask for 3-month notice of Medicaid redeterminations
[ad_1] Eight healthcare lobbying organizations want Congress to give their members at least three months notice before ending enhanced federal Medicaid funding and resuming eligibility redeterminations, they wrote […]
Colorado ends crisis care protocol for hospital staffing
[ad_1] Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergency medical responders to […]
Medicare paid $6.6 billion in non-hospice care for hospice patients
[ad_1] Medicare may be paying twice for some items and services provided to hospice patients, according to a Health and Human Services Department Office of Inspector General report […]
Cerner pilots program for quicker disability claims process
[ad_1] Cerner has entered an agreement with the U.S. Social Security Administration to help simplify its processing of patient disability benefits claims through the retrieval of medical information […]