Healthcare leaders are solving the anesthesia shortage the wrong way—and it’s costing more than they realize. Across the country, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers are increasingly relying on national anesthesia companies and traveling 1099 providers to maintain coverage. On paper,…
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Establishing and sustaining a vibrant board governance program has become essential in healthcare organizations as they navigate the often complex and always changing factors facing the industry today. The value of governance, particularly in the non-profit sector where members are…
Two threads ran through some of this week’s top healthcare leadership headlines. Healthcare CEOs offered notably different takes on where mission ends and margin begins. Meanwhile, the political conversation around healthcare affordability sharpened. Read together, the week puts a single…
Rapid City (S.D.) Medical Center joined Monument Health, a Rapid City-based community health system, on May 1. The two parties signed a letter of intent for RCMC to join the five-hospital system in late January. RCMC patients will continue to…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health broke ground in mid-April on a multispecialty care facility in Melbourne, Fla. Nemours Children’s Health, Viera, will offer approximately two dozen pediatric services. Construction will begin this summer, with the facility expected to open in…
A publicly accessible database powering CMS’ Medicare Advantage provider directory exposed Social Security numbers of healthcare providers, The Washington Post reported April 30. The Post downloaded the database and found dozens of provider Social Security numbers. The database had been accessible for…
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living is praising a reintroduced bill that would address certified nursing assistant shortages. The Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Scott,…
Here are 32 department closures or services that are ending or have been announced, advanced or finalized that Becker’s reported since Jan. 1: 1. Bakersfield (Calif.) Memorial Hospital will close the Grossman Burn Center June 30 due to “evolving community…
A growing backlog of visa applications could force hundreds of internationally trained physicians to leave the U.S. this summer, KFF Health News reported May 1. Many of the delays are for H-1B and J-1 visas, which are tailored to individuals…
In a recent article for KFF Health News, “The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most,” Paula Span highlights an important shift in how care can be delivered in the United States: Community health workers. Community health workers demonstrate the value of…