CMS has publicly proposed a new rule that would ban Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals that provide sex-trait modification to minors. Becker’s reached out to CMS for clarity on this proposed rule, but has not heard back as of…

Lakeland-based Florida Polytechnic University and Winter Garden, Fla.-based Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine have partnered to create a medical degree program that cuts two years off the traditional timeline, Fox News reported Aug. 7. The accelerated Bachelor of Science and…

In 2022, at least 7.4% of emergency departments across the U.S. did not have an attending physician on-site 24/7, a recent PubMed Central study found. Published in February, the study drew data from 4,621 EDs surveyed in the National ED…

A cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has now led to the death of three people and sickened more than 60, The New York Times reported Aug. 6. The outbreak was first detected July 15 and has been…

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cut its catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the pediatric intensive care unit to zero — and maintained a rate of zero for more than 500 days — with a new strategy. Here is what to know:…

Between 2019 and 2024, the mortality risk for hospitalized surgical patients declined nearly 20%, according to an analysis from Vizient and the American Hospital Association.  Several factors contributed to this improvement in surgical outcomes. Between the first quarter of 2019…

UCLA School of Nursing is getting a new name after receiving a $30 million commitment, the largest in the school’s history. The school will now be the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing in honor of donor Joe Wen,…

NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., will waive some physicians’ medical school debt in exchange for a seven-year work commitment.  In an effort to attract physicians in difficult-to-recruit specialties, NEA Baptist is offering to reimburse medical school debt with…

Virtual nurses who handle admission and discharges are cutting length of stay times and readmissions, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found. The study, published in ResearchGate, analyzed nearly 28,000 inpatient encounters across two hospitals, one…

In recent weeks, The Joint Commission has introduced major changes to hospital accreditation standards, updated obstetric care requirements and shared plans to retire the “risk” icon from its programs.  Below are five key actions and updates from the accrediting body,…