The onset of COVID-19 has brought a host of challenges for hospitals and health systems since March 2020, particularly with pressure on staff and resources. In a report by Kaufman Hall, data shows recent and projected future performance for hospitals through the rest of 2022 will continue to...Read More »
In surveying 15 major metropolitan areas, a new survey by AMN Healthcare and Merritt Hawkins reported that the time it takes to schedule a new appointment increased by 8% since 2017...Read More »
In an observational retrospective study, people aged 65 years or older were found to have a 50-80% risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) after having COVID-19. The new study, which was recently published in...Read More »
Hospitals and health systems have seen some of the worst margins since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaufman Hall’s recent National Hospital Flash report. This is due...Read More »
As more and more health systems and hospitals have looked to supplement clinical visits with monitoring and managing care for patients at home, remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs have grown in popularity. Medicare coverage for RPM services was already limited, but...Read More »
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) gathered for a presentation by MedPAC senior analyst Rachel Burton, MPP, and discussed a draft chapter from its upcoming March 2023 Report to the Congress that describes Medicare's overall financial situation. The comments made by...Read More »
An increase of $13,800 per employee in healthcare costs is expected in 2023, according to an analysis posted by Aon. This projection of a 6.5% increase is more than...Read More »
In its “America’s Best Employers by State” list, Forbes included 262 hospitals and health systems. This ranking was formed based on surveying about 70,000 employees working for businesses with more than 500 employees. Forbes’...Read More »
