The state of Washington has lost 2% of its healthcare workforce since mandating that all hospital and nursing home staff receive COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Washington State Hospital Association.
While the state hates to see healthcare staff de…
Biden Administration health officials today marked the milestone of 100,000 lives lost to the overdose epidemic between April 2020 and April of this year, by stressing the importance of Congress passing the Build Back Better Act, which includes $11 bil…
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center has received a sponsorship from the health insurance provider Cigna for a program intended to support the well-being of unpaid caregivers.
The Self-Care Sampler for Family Care Partners virtual program is …
Jefferson Health and Bayada Home Health Care have announced a joint venture for post-acute care at home for Jefferson patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Preliminarily referred to as “Jefferson Health at Home,” the joint venture will leverage the …
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that aggressive corrective actions have led to an estimated $20.72 billion reduction of Medicare fee-for-service improper payments over seven years.
Workforce shortages, partly caused by retirement, has expanded the CFO role, says eHealth CFO Christine Janofsky.
On Saturday, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, covering nearly 50,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees in 22 local unions, thereby avoiding a potential nationwide strik…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has increased Medicare Part B premiums, deductibles and coinsurance for next year in what will be a significant hike.
The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $170.10 for 2022, an…
Advocate Aurora Health, among the largest employers in Illinois and Wisconsin, has announced that it will raise its minimum wage to $18 an hour beginning December 5.
Advocate Aurora is among the first health systems in the country to do so, according …
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden proposed a framework called Build Back Better that would, among other things, expand Medicaid.
