The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Clinical Scene Investigator Academy has provided more than a 600 percent return on investment; the 97 participating hospitals realized a fiscal savings of $84.2 million, Marian Altman, PhD, RN, clinical…
The Senate passed a resolution March 29 that would expedite the end of the COVID-19 national emergency from its planned May 11 deadline to immediately upon the signature of the president, and President Joe Biden has reportedly indicated he will sign it…
Oregon lawmakers are considering new measures to regulate how hospitals discharge homeless patients after 34-year-old Melissa Blake died of hypothermia after she left Salem (Ore.) Health Hospital, local news outlet KATU reported March 29.
Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital, part of Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health, illegally held back pay and benefit increases to unionized nurses amid their representation election appeal, a National Labor Relations Board judge found, according to Bl…
UnitedHealthcare plans to cut back on its use of prior authorization, removing procedures and medical devices from its list of services requiring signoff and reducing the number of authorizations from 13 million to 10 million annually, according to a M…
Forbes named one health system IT chief to its CIO Next List for 2023.
Saginaw, Mich.-based Covenant HealthCare and two physicians have paid $69 million in three civil settlements for allegedly violating the False Claims Act, the Justice Department reported March 29.
Phoenix-based Banner Health’s interim CFO, Anthony Frank, has left the system to pursue a new role in New York, Banner said in a March 29 filing.
Consumer advocates and policy experts told Congress more enforcement is needed to improve price transparency compliance.
Seventy-two percent of physicians agree that misinformation has made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients and negatively affected patient outcomes, according to a new poll from Morning Consult.
