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Clinical Care
Home Health Market to Expand, Staffing Obstacles Remain
Over 61% of respondents said staffing is the biggest problem facing their organization.
Clinical Care
Coping With (Power) Loss: California's Hospitals, Clinics, Patients Face New Reality
The Golden State's recurrent power outages this year in response to wild fires have forced patients to think about how...
Clinical Care
Frequent ED Users Have Higher Utilization Rates Than Nonfrequent Users
Hemal K. Kanzaria, MD, MSc, says the study can provide hospitals and health systems with an opportunity to partner "outside...
Return To Sender: A Single Undeliverable Letter Can Mean Losing Medicaid
Medicaid has avoided the march toward digital communication and continues to operate largely in a paper-based world.
Finance
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center CFO on Remaining Independent
Wright joins Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center from A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta.
Strategy
States Try A Gentler Approach To Getting Medicaid Enrollees To Work
A handful of states are offering alternatives to get more enrollees into jobs to lift them out of poverty and...
Strategy
Verma Takes Heat at House Hearing on ACA 'Sabotage'
House oversight subcommittee doesn't hold back with criticism of CMS administrator.
Clinical Care
9 Takeaways From The Physicians Foundation 2019 Survey
Two of three respondents say rising healthcare costs are due to cost of prescription drugs, and 49% point to hospital...
Innovation
Humana, Microsoft to Partner on Healthcare Solutions
The announcement marks another development for Microsoft's healthcare ambitions.
Finance
UVA Medical Center CFO Says Debt Collection Practices Are 'Not Unique' Following KHN Story
A month after Kaiser Health News reported on questionable debt collection practices at UVA Health, one of the system's financial...
Strategy
Judge Vacates 2016 Rule That Banned Healthcare Discrimination Against Transgender Patients
The decision comes as the Trump administration seeks to supplant the Obama-era rule with a version that excludes gender identity...
California Governor's Bill-Signing Marathon Offers Glimpse Of 2020 Issues
Some of the new healthcare-related laws put California in the forefront nationally.