The Joint Commission is undergoing sweeping overhaul of its standards, eliminating 168 standards (14 percent) and revising another 14 standards. The commission is looking to make its accreditation programs as “efficient and impactful on patient safety,…
A majority of Americans say further price transparency fixes should be a “top priority” for Congress, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll found.
Health system leaders are expecting healthcare decisions in 2023 to be defined by staffing challenges, inflation, patient affordability, shrinking margins and supply chain struggles, according to a recent Deloitte Center for Health Solutions survey.
Fifty-two percent of U.S. patients said healthcare providers dismiss their described symptoms, according to a new MITRE-Harris poll.
Five health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents.
James Reed, MD, president and CEO of Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners and Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Health, will retire December 31.
Surgeons have invested $4 million for 50 percent ownership in an Amherst, N.Y.-based ASC, Buffalo Business First reported Dec. 21.
As drugmakers prepare for the government to stop paying for their COVID-19 treatments, the value of Pfizer’s popular COVID-19 drug Paxlovid has decreased by more than 80 percent, according to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
Not only do healthcare companies, including hospital groups, face sustained challenges related to labor shortages and inflation into 2023, they are up against a wall of maturing debt looming large in 2024 and 2025, analysts at Moody’s said.
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, plan to merge their urgent care centers in Tuscarawas County in the spring, according to the Times Reporter.
