Martha's Vineyard Hospital President Denise Schepici said that one of their 'greatest challenges' is simply 'keeping people housed'. The nonprofit hospital, which is part of Mass General Brigham, has resorted to drastic measures to combat the personnel problem - by constructing a $38 million housing unit for their EMTs who have been priced out of the island.
The nonprofit health plan, which serves nearly 6 million members across California, published a data breach notification on its website stating that member data was exposed between April 2021 and January 2024.
A federal appeals court Tuesday sided with a Southwest Florida health-care provider in a years-long dispute with the state about payments for treating patients in the Medicaid program.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's decision in favor of Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, which filed the lawsuit after the state Agency for Health Care Administration largely rejected a request for an increased Medicaid reimbursement rate.
Nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans are gearing up for their third strike on May 1 as contract talks with LCMC Health remain unresolved, NOLA.com reported.
UMC nurses, backed by National Nurses United, already hit the picket lines twice, once in October last year and again in February this year, over staffing, pay, and safety issues. UMC CEO John Nickens says the strike won’t disrupt operations, with plans to bring in contract nurses from other hospitals to cover the 24-hour period.