MedPAC advocated for site-neutral pay for 66 outpatient procedures in a June 15 report, lowering 57 procedures to the office-based care rate and nine procedures to ASC rates.
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Top 9 reasons healthcare workers quit
Healthcare organizations must make sure employees feel valued and well-paid to retain them, according to Grant Thornton’s State of Work in America report.
7 hospital closures in 6 months
Last year, Becker’s reported on 19 hospitals that either closed or filed for bankruptcy as a result of financial challenges.
Since January, seven hospitals have either closed or announced plans to close for a variety of reasons, including declin…
Probe into California hospital unearths patient safety concerns
Investigators from the California Department of Public Health unearthed several patient safety concerns at Inglewood, Calif.-based Centinela Hospital Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reported June 15.
Oracle cuts more jobs in Cerner unit
According to people familiar with the matter, Oracle is planning to lay off hundreds in its Cerner unit, as well as rescind job offers and cut back open positions, Reuters reported June 15.
Hackensack Meridian Health creates institute for nursing leadership, student loan relief program
A donation from the founder and CEO of Jersey Mike’s sandwich franchise supported the launch of a new institute for nursing leadership and practice excellence at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.
'A clinic without walls': How Sutter's new gender care advocates extend support, hope
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has hired two of the system’s first patient advocates who are specifically designated for supporting patients with gender care, according to a June 14 publication from the health system. It plans to hire one advoc…
Indiana hospital adds new tool to Epic
Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care added a direct scheduling tool to MyChart.
Top 50 healthcare health tech CEOs, per Healthcare Technology
Boston Scientific CEO Michael Mahoney topped this year’s Healthcare Technology list of CEOs.
AHA responds to Human Rights Watch report on nonprofit hospitals
The American Hospital Association and Catholic Health Association responded to a Human Rights Watch report that accused nonprofit hospitals of aggressively pursuing medical debt collections from low-income patients.
