Jeff Lagasse

The caregivers had authorized a strike last month to improve staffing, pay, benefits and COVID-19-related health safeguards.

Patient volume increases and cost reduction measures led to significant revenue increases, which were hampered in 2020 by COVID-19.

Access to mental healthcare and on-site medical clinics are also top-of-mind as employers anticipate future struggles.

More patients is resulting in a self-induced postponement of non-emergent surgical cases, resulting in lower hospital revenues.

The impact of Blue Premier appeared to grow last year as providers made gains in quality and cost measures.

ACOs also hit an average quality score of 97.8%, and 60 ACOs earned a perfect score of 100.

Vaccine enthusiasm may have waned in recent months, with vaccine hesitancy prevalent among those who are reluctant to get their COVID-19 shots.

For Arizona’s HonorHealth, distributing the COVID-19 vaccine was more about using what already existed.

Major health insurer Cigna said this week it will expand its presence on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, pushing into markets in three new states for the 2022 plan year.

The COVID-19 pandemic may be the deadliest viral outbreak the world has seen in more than a century. But statistically, such extreme events aren’t as rare as we may think, according to a new analysis of novel disease outbreaks over the past 400 years.