[ad_1] The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in […]
To prevent maternal deaths, providers focus on ‘fourth trimester’
[ad_1] For several weeks a year, the work of nurse-midwife Karen Sheffield-Abdullah is really detective work. She and a team of other medical investigators with the North Carolina […]
Home health provider Medicare pay to rise
[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has tossed a plan to reduce home health reimbursements by $810 million next year and will give providers a 0.7% […]
CMS increases ESRD facilities 2023 payment
[ad_1] Dialysis providers will receive a 3.1% pay increase from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2023, the agency announced in a final rule issued Monday. […]
Specialty pharmacies boost efficiency, profits for health systems
[ad_1] In-house specialty pharmacy services are gaining popularity among hospitals and health systems seeking to drive efficiency in their operations and improve profitability. Most of the new treatments […]
California’s Proposition 29 leaves dialysis patients feeling unsure
[ad_1] ELK GROVE — Toni Sherwin is actually looking forward to the procedure that will relocate her dialysis port from her chest to her arm, which will be […]
Elon Musk owns Twitter. Should healthcare organizations be worried?
[ad_1] New York-based Mount Sinai Health System typically posts several times a day for its 89,500 followers. Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic Health System’s more than 20,000 followers can usually […]
ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra to retire Monday
[ad_1] ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra will retire Monday and be replaced by the Toledo-based health system’s president and chief operating officer, Arturo Polizzi. Oostra, who has worked at […]
Rural Nevada response to monkeypox cases hindered by lack of resources
[ad_1] When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada’s Humboldt County in August, it was the state’s first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area. […]
Providers cut gender-affirming care amid political, violent threats
[ad_1] The healthcare system is at the center of a wave of anti-transgender politics that is limiting access to certain gender-affirming treatments, criminalizing providers and ostracizing patients. Clinics […]
