SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter. The results matched Wall Street expectations.
The Lubbock County Hospital District, which operates the county's only public hospital as UMC Health System, is looking to raise additional tax revenue in the upcoming fiscal year amid tightening economic conditions affecting the hospital's bottom line.
With more COVID-19 patients taking up beds instead of other patients, this has changed the way hospital budgets have worked as hospitals also struggle with short staffing.
Could Vigo County healthcare be operated by one centralized system in the future? Recent legislation authored by a local lawmaker and backed by Union Health leaders sets up the ability for a hospital merger to occur in Vigo County and other applicable rural Indiana counties.
Given New Mexico's chronic nursing shortage, hospitals had to pay contract agency nurses, or travelers, who commanded premium rates higher than nurse employees, to fill vacancies. But hospitals are running out of savings to continue that practice.
Lawmakers gathered Friday on the grounds of the former Brandywine Hospital at a press conference organized by state Rep. Dan Williams. Williams said his legislation would require the state Department of Health’s approval for future hospital closures, as well as introduce price transparency requirements.