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Nurse practitioners can help ease the physician shortage, right? Not so fast

With both doctors and nurses in high-demand, more education and diversity is needed, and there are steps hospitals can take now to address the problem.

CMS waives certain Medicare, Medicaid requirements, activates emergency dialysis measures in Carolinas ahead of Florence

Agency has issued blankets waivers to unburden providers, opened special enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries to get, change coverage.

ACA expansion did not improve access to complex surgeries for low-income, minority patients

Sick minority patient
That result surprised researchers, since the ACA’s Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.

Insurer investment in housing reduces healthcare costs, AHIP says

Hospitalization rates and emergency room use can be up to three to four times higher for those without a home.

Most Americans disapprove of how Trump, Congress is addressing prescription drug costs, poll shows

Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.

Hurricane Florence: Lessons from hospitals that survived recent natural disasters

Here are some of the things hospitals should be working to put in place and resources available during storm season.

CMS awards grants for the Federally-Facilitated Exchange Navigator Program

Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.

Low consumer literacy of healthcare industry linked to almost $5 billion in costs, report finds

Confusion over navigating the complex healthcare system translates into a significant customer-service cost burden for insurers.

Cigna Ventures to invest $250 million in healthcare startups

Cigna launched the corporate venture fund to fuel innovation around insights and analytics, digital health and retail, and care delivery and management.

Kaiser Permanente eyes carbon neutrality, better community health with renewable energy deal

System has signed a definitive power purchase agreement for 180 megawatts of clean energy, which is enough to power 27 of its 39 hospitals.