In this episode, Scott Becker highlights 5 key healthcare stories, including maternity service closures, rural hospital challenges, hospital layoffs, and more.
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Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is managing a planned strike involving thousands of nurses and other clinicians represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Five things to know: 1. The strike involves more than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
The surge in rude behavior that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many health systems to revisit workplace conduct standards, invest in de-escalation training and strengthen employee safety efforts. After several years, have those efforts worked? The answer is mixed. Health…
The planned July meeting for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has been postponed until late August, an HHS spokesperson told Becker’s. Six things to know: 1. It is the fourth time the meeting has been delayed. The task force,…
Health system executives are navigating reimbursement pressures, high labor costs and workforce workforce challenges, and new benchmarking data shows how their own compensation is moving against that backdrop. Gallagher, which maintains one of the nation’s largest proprietary healthcare compensation databases,…
In this episode, Joanne Armstrong, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Women’s Health and Genomics, CVS Health, discusses how CVS Health is improving access, affordability, and personalized care for women through innovative care delivery models, data-driven strategies, and benefits…
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., said it had achieved a one-year overall survival rate of 92.6% for patients receiving a first-time allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant in 2024, according to a study published in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.…
The share of employers covering GLP-1s for both diabetes and weight loss has held steady at 36% year over year, according to a survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. The survey was conducted June 2 to June…
AdaptHealth is investigating a cybersecurity incident after determining that unauthorized access to its systems resulted in the exfiltration of patient data and insurance billing information. According to a July 2 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the home medical equipment provider…
Uninsured patients hospitalized for gunshot wounds in Florida are discharged significantly faster than patients with coverage, according to a recent analysis of state hospital billing data. KFF Health News and The Trace, a news outlet focused on gun violence, reviewed…