Category: ROOT

Hospital sector will face sustained challenges in 2023; bankruptcies likely: 5 things to know

While hospitals largely avoided the growing trend of healthcare bankruptcies in 2022, the ending of COVID-19 protections will add to ongoing labor expense and inflationary challenges and mean much of the sector will remain under pressure, according to …

7 things ASC leaders are excited about 

Nine ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what they’re most excited about in 2023.

How to predict anesthesia revenue in 2023

There are three distinct categories that impact anesthesia provider revenue, Tony Mira, CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, wrote in a Jan. 3 blog post — case volume, care acuity and net yield per billed unit. 

Top 25 buyer's markets for the 2023 housing rebound — Phoenix projected at No. 1

After stimulus packages powered a frenetic housing market early in the pandemic, 2022 saw high home prices and mortgage rates push prospective buyers out.

6 systems launching, expanding nursing programs

Here are six organizations opening or expanding nursing programs: 

Partnership drops heart readmissions 50%, researchers say

Puyallup, Wash.-based MultiCare’s Pulse Heart Institute partnered with DispatchHealth to reduce congestive heart failure patient readmission to 6.8 percent, according to a recent white paper.

Martha Stewart, a sword and a pineapple: Her Pfizer ad

TV personality Martha Stewart is helping Pfizer promote its COVID-19 vaccine. 

Trinity Health plans to institute virtual nurses across its 88 hospitals in 26 states

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health plans to roll out virtual nurses at its hospitals around the state of Michigan — and nationwide.

Administrator of the Week: Katie Carlson

Katie Carlson, RN, administrator of Rush SurgiCenter in Chicago, is Becker’s ASC Administrator of the Week.

36 recent hospital, health system executive moves

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Jan. 6: