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10 best, worst states for mental healthcare
Five of the top 10 best states for mental healthcare are in the Northeast, and six of the top 10 worst states for mental healthcare are in the South, according to a new Forbes Advisoranalysis.
The patient population most at risk of ED boarding
Of the roughly 10% of patients that were boarded in emergency departments, an estimated 30% to 50% were adults 65 and older, KFF Health News reported May 6.
Bill proposes paying hospitals for maintaining drug stockpiles
Following an HHS proposal, a Senate committee penned a bill to incentivize hospitals and other healthcare supply chain stakeholders for their drug shortage mitigation strategies, including stockpiles.
Essentia targets growth, payer alignment amid margin pressure
Douglas Arvin, West Market vice president and CFO of Essentia Health, has deployed multiple strategies to improve access and margin performance over the last few years.
NYU Langone Health, Long Island hospital inch closer to merger
New York City-based NYU Langone Health expects its merger with Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital to be completed in about a year, a spokesperson for the health system told Becker’s.
How Mass General Brigham provides emergency care at home
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham now treats patients needing emergency or urgent care at home.
The 15 health system leaders governing Epic's research network
The chief research information officer of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is one of the newest governing council members for Epic’s Cosmos research network.
Why 'hospital at home' has a 'common agency problem'
“Hospital at home” suffers from what economists call a “common agency problem,” three experts on the care model wrote in Health Affairs.
Illinois hospital names CEO
Stace Holland was named CEO of Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Ill.
'In the business of acute care rescue': Penn Medicine's transfer strategy
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine saw more than 5,800 patient transfers in the nine months ending March 31, a 16% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to a May 6 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
