Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation’s seniors, but a growing number of hospitals and health systems nationwide are pushing back and dropping the private plans altogether.
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Hospitals' newest competition: Uber Eats
Hospital leaders are already taking notice of one of healthcare’s newest disruptors: Uber Eats.
6 cancers were underdiagnosed in 2020
Six types of cancer were underdiagnosed during the pandemic, according to the National Institutes of Health.
MultiCare physicians, APPs OK strike
Approximately 80 physicians and advanced practice providers at urgent care centers operated by Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare have authorized a strike.
10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From the Indiana attorney general accusing IU Health of failing to protect personal health information after physician spoke to the media about a 10-year-old patient’s abortion, to fired MetroHealth CEO Akram Boutros, MD, seeking to have his successor …
Rewriting the Script: A prescription for treating physicians with greater dignity and respect
Last week, I received a call out of the blue from an old friend. I immediately could hear in his voice that he was upset and shaken.
External CEO hiring drops
Companies are increasingly turning inward to fill their CEO positions, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates.
Advocate Health names new communications, marketing head
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has named Kevan Mabbutt as its new chief marketing, communications and consumer experience officer.
Residents underpaid, underappreciated within a 'brutal' system, report says
Many final-year residents have said they are both underpaid and underappreciated for the sheer volume of work they are expected to do within what some termed a “brutal” healthcare system.
Kaiser taps service area leader
Pam Galley, RN, was appointed senior vice president and area manager of the Kaiser Permanente Diablo Service Area.
