Author's posts
Who is winning surprise billing disputes?
Providers, facilities and air ambulance companies prevailed in 77% of No Surprises Act payment determinations in the first half of 2023.
AACN's new tool simplifies ICU nurse onboarding
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses launched a knowledge assessment tool, Feb. 13 to more easily find knowledge gaps and personalize new training to streamline onboarding time for ICU nurses.
Affordability of healthcare worries Americans most: KFF poll
The ability to afford unexpected medical bills and the cost of healthcare services top the list of Americans’ financial concerns headed into the 2024 presidential election.
Groups detail new scholarship for obesity medicine studies
Even amid the rapid rise in popularity of obesity drugs, still only 1% of physicians have formal obesity medicine training. It’s a disconnect that a new scholarship established by the Obesity Medicine Association and the Obesity Action Coalition aims t…
HCA Mission Hospital enacts changes in wake of CMS warning: Report
Patients triaged and assigned a nurse within 10 minutes of ED arrival. Lab orders collected within 30 minutes. These are among the policies HCA Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., has enacted as part of its plan of correction to address serious defici…
UChicago sued for negligence in death of Silver Cross Hospital CEO
UChicago Medicine and one of its cardiothoracic surgeons have been named in a lawsuit over the death of Ruth Colby, the former CEO of New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital.
CHS posts $957M operating gain following hospital sales
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported a $957 million in operating income (7.7% margin) in 2023, improving on the $821 million gain (6.7% margin) posted in 2022.
What's old is new again in the fight against cancer
Drugmakers are pouring billions of dollars toward the advancement of treatments that target cancer more precisely than mainstay treatments like radiation and chemotherapy.
Elon Musk says Neuralink patient can control computer mouse with mind
Elon Musk said the first patient who implanted a Neuralink chip into their brain now has the ability to control a computer mouse just by thinking, CNBC reported Feb. 20.
Nurses accuse Ascension of wage theft
Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), who are members of the Illinois Nurses Association, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of themselves and more than 90 of their co-workers who they say were not paid wages they earned for the extra shifts work…
