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Hy-Vee launches $99 subscription health service across 280 stores, 8 states

Grocery chain Hy-Vee has launched a $99-per-year subscription health-and-wellness service that gives members access to health screenings and dietitian visits.

14 hospitals and health systems hit with credit downgrades, revisions

Here is a summary of recent credit downgrades and outlook revisions for hospitals and health systems.

What PAs are paid per hour in all 50 states 

Washington offers physician assistants the highest hourly mean wage, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

9 US hospitals newly designated as rare disease centers

Nine additional U.S. hospitals have been designated as Rare Disease Centers of Excellence by the National Organization for Rare Disorders, according to a May 4 press release. There are now 40 total across the country.

3 RCM company CFO moves

Here are three revenue cycle management companies that named new CFOs in 2023: 

Montana governor vetoes state hospital reporting law due to 'patient privacy'

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill that would require Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital to report all cases of neglect, abuse, injuries and death to a watchdog group, Montana Public Radio reported May 11.

Montana governor vetoes state hospital reporting law due to 'patient privacy'

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill that would require Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital to report all cases of neglect, abuse, injuries and death to a watchdog group, Montana Public Radio reported May 11.

Pneumonia may be responsible for most COVID-19 deaths, Northwestern U finds

A new study found a high percentage of COVID-19 deaths may have been caused by a secondary pneumonia infection.

ANA presses Biden to keep 4 key PHE-era legislation in place

With the public health emergency ended, the American Nurses Association is urging the Biden Administration and Congress to keep some legislation and healthcare resources in place.

The reimbursement issue causing 'resentment, anger and, frankly, a feeling of injustice'

Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology and director of quality and safety at St. Raphael’s Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, joined Becker’s to discuss physicians’ biggest reimbursement issues.