Drug costs play a big part in that with an increase of 43% from 2020 to 2022. In that same time period, operating margins for Nebraska hospitals have fallen over 70%. The vice president of finance for Nebraska Medicine, Bryce Brackle, said he doesn’t see a short-term fix for the issues at hand.
The OSU Center for Rural Health has been awarded $3 million as part of a larger Health Equity grant awarded to the Oklahoma State Department of Health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, abortion bans have added another challenge to rural hospitals that have struggled to keep their doors open and their facilities fully staffed and running.
Massachusetts hospitals paid a staggering $1.52 billion last year to hire temporary hospital workers, mostly “travel nurses,” amid a labor shortage that contributed to record financial losses for many institutions.
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is asking Congress to nearly double its budget for fiscal 2024, and its director, Melanie Fontes Rainer, is making the pitch.