What happens when those who need help are too frightened to ask?
In the most serious problems documented by regulators, rehab hospital errors involved patient deaths.
CFOs must lead with ethics, not just compliance.
In a trend across the country, many hospital morgues have been overrun since the first surge of the coronavirus pandemic. Increased decedent release time not only creates a burden for families but also poses an operational challenge for hospitals, which are forced to supplement their morgues with refrigerated trucks.
From the relentless rise of claim denials to major policy debates around prior authorization and the 340B program, the first half of 2025 has been defined by intense financial pressures on revenue cycles.