Tampa, Fla.-based BayCare Health System reduced nurse burnout by 34% and cut its new hire turnover rate to zero in the first year, thanks to its pilot nurse wellbeing program. BayCare was one of four health systems selected by the…

Prior authorizations are increasingly straining the healthcare industry, according to a survey of 1,000 practicing physicians in the U.S. The American Medical Association conducted the survey, which included 400 primary care physicians and 600 specialists, in December. Prior authorizations impose…

HHS officials ordered CMS to provide the personal data of Medicaid enrollees to the Department of Homeland Security in June, according to an exclusive report from the Associated Press. The shared data includes the immigration status of Medicaid enrollees in California,…

In the first half of 2025, eight systems have performed first-of-their-kind procedures and clinical treatments. 1. Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians completed the world’s first robotic transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant and aortic valve replacement. The patient…

Here are nine nursing programs opening, expanding or ending in 2025.

The world’s first patient to successfully receive a CRISPR gene-editing treatment was discharged from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on June 2, ABC News reported.  KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old who was born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, received the…

The Trump administration’s push to tighten oversight of international student visas has created uncertainty for many international medical graduates seeking training in the U.S. and raised concerns about potential disruptions to the nation’s healthcare delivery system. Five things to know:…

More than two dozen major medical groups are urging payers to continue covering COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant patients without burdensome utilization management or cost-sharing requirements. The June 11 letter comes several weeks after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said…

Becker’s has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS five-star rating for care transitions. CMS’ “Patient survey (HCAHPS)-Hospital” database listed hospital ratings based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. This is a national,…

The national birth rate is declining, but neonatal ICU admissions are increasing.  Several factors are at play, according to neonatology experts Kristina Reber, MD, and Jae Kim, MD, PhD.  Dr. Reber is executive vice chair of pediatrics and division chief…