Much of the dysfunction in healthcare stems from misaligned incentives and a lack of transparency. Insurers, in their effort to control costs, have prioritized short-term denials over long-term value and positive health outcomes, undermining their own credibility while failing to promote their own customers’ well-being.
A group of healthcare investors have launched a new advocacy coalition that aims to promote responsible private investment in health care, according to a press release shared with PI. The group, Association for Responsible Healthcare Investment, has signed on with BGR Group.
The Supreme Court on Monday scheduled arguments for April 21 in a case that could decide the legality of the ACA's requirement that insurers cover certain preventive services. In a surprising move, the Trump administration said it will continue the Biden White House's defense of that requirement. But some legal experts said the arguments being presented by the Justice Department indicate a desire to give HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. substantial control over an independent government task force.
After a nurse was severely attacked last week at a Palm Beach County hospital, health care workers and their families came together Sunday to spotlight the urgent need for better workplace safety.
WPTV spoke with the workers to capture their concerns and the solidarity they are expressing for their colleague. Hundreds of people came together in Palm Beach County to rally for the injured nurse, who the sheriff's office said was brutally beaten by a patient at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital last Tuesday.
Assemblyman Heath Flora, R-Ripon, has introduced two bills to upgrade the status of nurse anesthetists amid a shortage of physician anesthesiologists in California and controversy in Modesto about hospital policies.
Assembly Bill 876 would give certified registered nurse anesthetists (CNRAs) the long-sought-after authority to practice independently.
If approved and signed into law, the legislation would bring changes for patients in Stanislaus County and the rest of the San Joaquin Valley, where the shortage of physician anesthesiologists is more acute and smaller hospitals struggle to pay their fees.
After 46 days on strike, nurses at Providence hospitals across Oregon have approved a deal that will see them return to work.
The nurses, who are represented by the Oregon Nurses Association, began their indefinite strike in early January. The strike, which is one of the largest health care worker labor actions in state history, included thousands of nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.
In a statement, Providence officials said they’re pleased that the deal passed.