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Public health clinicians earn almost 20% less than private-sector counterparts
Clinicians working in the public health sector earn between 10%-19% less than those working in private sector care, according to a new analysis of U.S. Labor Department data, published Jan. 25 in the American Journal of Public Health.
Inova vents prior authorization concerns to CMS chief
Listening to his colleagues discuss the challenges of prior authorization with CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was “sobering and a little bit troubling,” Inova Health CEO J. Stephen Jones, MD, told Becker’s.
Surgical tech pay across states
Average annual wages for surgical technologists vary across states, with the national mean estimated at $57,500, according to the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
Steward aims to offload 4 hospitals
Dallas-based Steward Health Care is looking to sell four of its 9 Massachusetts hospitals amid continued financial difficulties, WCVB reported Jan. 26.
The only US high school inside a hospital
Cleveland-based MetroHealth system touts the first and only high school to be located inside a hospital.
Beth Israel Lahey cuts annual operating loss by 34%
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health reported a $131.2 million operating loss for the year ended Sept. 30, a 34% improvement on the $199.5 million loss it recorded the previous year.
Missouri hospital operator lays off CEO, delays reopening plans
Mexico, Mo.-based hospital operator Ziva Medical has laid off about 30 employees, including its CEO Amanda Shurtz, and paused plans to reopen two community hospitals, The Mexico Ledger reported Jan. 24.
Quiet, loud quitters cost US employers $1.9 trillion
The paradigm shift between employers and employees continues in the United States, with 33% of employees saying they were engaged in their work throughout 2023 with their disengaged counterparts costing employers $1.9 trillion in lost productivity.
Inside IU Health's talent strategy
Nicole Paulk serves as senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Indianapolis-based IU Health, and she told Becker’s that the organization’s focus on talent has evolved, including beyond nursing and medical school.
St. Luke's hospital names dual COO-CNO
St. Luke’s Jerome (Idaho) Medical Center has promoted Kevin Watson, MSN, FNP, to the dual role of chief operating and chief nursing officer.
