CMS is expanding its response to the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare to include advance payments to physicians and other outpatient care providers experiencing claims disruptions.
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5 hot spots for job growth
High housing costs in the Bay Area and Northeast are driving workers out — and into the warm weather and work-life balance of the Sun Belt, The Wall Street Journal reported March 8.
Epic's fantastical new 'Other Worlds' campus
Epic is planning a fantastical theme for its upcoming sixth campus, the Wisconsin State Journal reported March 10.
Steward looks to transfer Massachusetts hospitals amid lawmaker backlash
Dallas-based Steward Health Care is looking to transfer the ownership of its Massachusetts hospitals as state lawmakers shared another letter with Steward’s CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, “blasting him” over the health system’s ongoing financial struggles.
Median ED visit times by type, volume
Median emergency department visit times vary greatly based on a multitude of factors, including facility type, patient demographics and annual volumes, data from the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance shows.
Physician specialties with the happiest marriages
More pulmonary medicine physicians report having happier marriages than any other specialty, according to a Medscape report.
Michigan hospital taps chief nursing officer
Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital appointed Steve Polega, BSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer.
HHS requests 'stopgap' payments to hospitals, pause on prior authorizations amid Change outage
The cyberattack disrupting Change Healthcare’s claims processing system has had a financial impact on hospitals and forced many to develop workarounds for claims submissions.
St. Luke's taps CFO
Chesterfield, Mo..-based St. Luke’s Hospital has appointed Jon Vitiello CFO.
10 most, least overweight cities in America
McAllen, Texas, is the most obese and overweight city in the U.S., according to an analysis released March 11 by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
