[ad_1] Starting a new job can be stressful and scary for just about anyone. The uncertainty may leave you feeling intimidated, uneasy, or unqualified. New job anxiety is […]
Cedars-Sinai workers authorize potential strike amid contract talks
[ad_1] Members of a union representing 2,000 workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have voted to allow their bargaining teams to call a strike in May. […]
Chatbot technology still has a way to go in healthcare
[ad_1] While chatbots are gaining interest to developers, providers and payers alike, the technology isn’t quite as technologically advanced as marketers may claim. A recent analysis of 78 […]
Decade after hepatitis outbreak, medical registry might end
[ad_1] The medical technician who drew blood from New Hampshire Rep. Peter Schmidt after he broke his leg in February was registered with the state, thanks to a […]
Private equity a flashpoint in Illinois hospital controversy
[ad_1] “If the project were approved, you could say that it might show a receptiveness by this particular board for new hospital projects,” says healthcare attorney Daniel Lawler […]
With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic
[ad_1] A COVID-19 patient was in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly. It was the peak of this year’s omicron surge and an […]
Shanghai hospital pays the price for China’s COVID response
[ad_1] A series of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai is underscoring the dangerous consequences of China’s stubborn pursuit of a zero-COVID approach amid an […]
MACPAC wants more managed care directed payment transparency
[ad_1] Medicaid payment advisors on Friday recommend policymakers improve transparency of managed care directed payments, which are commonly used to increase Medicaid payment to hospitals. The Medicaid and […]
‘Leaving victims with the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape kits
[ad_1] $347. That was the average out-of-pocket cost for sexual assault survivors who received forensic exam services as part of a rape kit from 2016 to 2018, the […]
Late Centene CEO Neidorff remembered as public health program ‘visionary’
[ad_1] In the summer of 2015, Andy Slavitt didn’t have time for maybes. Slavitt, then-administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, had spent all year working […]