Dive Brief: Researchers found that Black patients admitted with COVID-19 were 11% more likely to die than their White counterparts after adjusting for patient and clinical characteristics, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open. Black patients were more likely to die largely because of where they received care ’ at hospitals that performed
What qualities make an outstanding leader, whether in health care or another field? Your list may include being collaborative, courageous, empathetic, innovative, inspiring and intelligent. Based on my experiences and observations during the COVID-19 pandemic, I’d add a couple more: being humble and resilient. In pre-pandemic times, Forbes published an article, “What Makes a Good Leader,”
A history-making event that changed the lives of Black Americans more than 150 years ago is now being recognized as a federal holiday. With the stroke of a pen, President Biden signed a bill establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day ’ commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.. On June 19, 1865,
Dive Brief: Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health are looking to merge in a deal that would result in Michigan’s biggest health system with 22 hospitals and 64,000 employees across the state, with combined annual revenue of almost $13 billion. Executives of the two systems announced Thursday they have signed a letter of intent to explore creating
Individuals and states have tried ’ three times ’ to wipe the Affordable Care Act off the books. The Supreme Court today ’ for the third time ’ rejected those efforts. In a lopsided 7-2 opinion, the Court held that individual plaintiffs and states seeking to strike down the Act lacked “standing,” or the legal
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to uphold the Affordable Care Act by a 7-2 vote. The ruling means millions will keep their insurance coverage as the coronavirus pandemic continues in the U.S. In the decision, the court reversed a lower court ruling finding the individual mandate unconstitutional. However, the court did not get to the key
The Supreme Court has closed the case on the latest legal challenge that threatened to overturn the Affordable Care Act. But experts say it’s unlikely to mark the end of challenges targeted at some component of the decade-old law. “I don’t expect that we’ll see more broadside challenges to the law as a whole. But
Dive Brief: Tenet, a major U.S. health system, has agreed to sell five hospitals in the Miami-Dade area for $1.1 billion to Steward Health Care System, a physician-owned hospital operator and health network. The deal also includes the hospitals’ associated physician practices. Dallas-based Steward has agreed to continue using Tenet’s revenue cycle management firm, Conifer
Dive Brief: A new MedPAC report to Congress concludes there is evidence that “access to services can be maintained with lower rates” to labs like Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp and advised policymakers to take targeted actions rather than increase all fees in the event of access issues. The advice did not sit well with the American Clinical Laboratory
Dive Brief: A survey of state employee health plans found that administrators recognize hospital prices as the main driver of healthcare cost increases but have few policies to address that issue directly. Most states instead focus on attempting to control prescription drug costs and lower utilization, according to the Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance
Dive Brief: About half of physicians and even more patients said the U.S. healthcare system discriminates against people a great deal, a good amount or somewhat, according to a survey out Tuesday from the nonpartisan research group NORC at the University of Chicago. Patients’ trust in their primary doctor rises with age and income, though
Dive Brief: Centene, the largest seller of Medicaid health plans, has agreed to pay $143 million to Ohio and Mississippi to resolve allegations related to the provision of pharmacy services in the safety-net insurance program. Under the terms of the agreement with the states’ attorneys general, Centene, which assumes no fault for the alleged improper
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the way hospitals and health systems care for patients. Much has been written and said about the pandemic’s devastating effects; there are, however, some silver linings. For one, innovation, virtual care’s use and the adoption of value-based strategies, such as hospital-at-home and team-based care, accelerated at warp speed over
Dive Brief: A majority of hospitals aren’t complying with a Trump-era rule on price transparency, according to a study published in JAMA on Monday. Under the rule, which was finalized in 2019 and took effect in January, hospitals have to publicize their negotiated rates with payers for common services. But early data shows that’s often
Back in 2011, the first wave of Baby Boomers ’ people born from 1946 to 1964 ’ celebrated their 65th birthday. That marked a new demographic trend: the aging of the U.S. population. Numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the population of Americans age 65 and older has grown by more than 34%
Dive Brief: Humana is acquiring home-based services provider One Homecare Solutions from a private equity firm to beef up its at-home care offerings, as a growing number of payers foray into direct medical delivery. The acquisition of Miramar, Florida-based One Homecare, which does business as Onehome, follows Humana’s decision to snap up home health giant
The biggest nurses union in the country is teeing up a fight with hospitals run by HCA Healthcare, Sutter Health and CommonSpirit Health as it heads into negotiations for some 65,000 nurses this year. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed problems faced by nurses ranging from inadequate personal protective equipment to unsafe staffing levels, members of National Nurses
Dive Brief: HHS on Friday extended key deadlines for medical groups and hospitals to use money from the Provider Relief Fund established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act last year. Providers no longer have to use all funds by June 30. Deadlines will be based on when the money is received. Also,
Dive Brief: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency temporary standard Thursday that healthcare employers specifically must abide by to better protect workers from the spread of COVID-19. The ETS requires hospitals, nursing homes and other sites of care to provide employees with paid time off to get vaccinated and to recover from
Just days ago, UnitedHealthcare announced a new policy that threatened to deny some patient claims for emergency services starting July 1 if the insurer determined that the patient didn’t need emergency-level care. Scaring people from seeking care they believe they need is dangerous, and this policy could not have come at a worse time. More
President Biden’s FY 2022 budget proposes lowering the Medicare enrollment age from 65 to 60, and a group of over 150 House Democrats recently called for a provision lowering the Medicare age to 60 or 55 to be included in the President’s American Families Plan. President Biden’s budget proposes “giving people age 60 and older
Dive Brief: Ciox Health and Datavant are merging in a deal valuing the combined health data companies at $7 billion, the latest in a string of mergers meant to unite siloed data in healthcare. The combined company, called Datavant, will facilitate data exchange across a network of thousands of hospitals and clinics, and bring in
The question of what would happen when a new, expensive prescription drug comes to market for a disease like Alzheimer’s that afflicts millions of people has loomed large in discussions over drug prices in the U.S.’and now we’re about to find out. After a nearly 20-year dry spell in new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, the
Digital health market watchers were surprised when concierge medical network One Medical announced plans to acquire value-based chain Iora Health for $2.1 billion on Monday, with some airing concerns the deal represents a marriage of two diametrically opposed operational models. One Medical is a fee-for-service machine, with the majority of its business coming from charging
Brief Published June 9, 2021 Fotolia Dive Brief: Employer medical costs are projected to rise 6.5% in 2022, according to PwC’s annual report published Wednesday. That’s slightly lower than the medical cost trend in 2021 and slightly higher than in 2019 through 2020. A “COVID-19 hangover” leading to increased use of medical services and potentially
Once again, the healthcare industry will be closely watching the Supreme Court on Thursday to see whether the high court delivers an opinion in the controversial case that could overturn the Affordable Care Act, throwing coverage for millions into question. There’s no guarantee the decision will come down Thursday as the court does not broadcast
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The Biden Administration has started taking steps to reverse Trump Administration policy and regulations that significantly narrowed the implementation and administrative enforcement of Section 1557, the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision, particularly as the regulations apply to gender identity and sexual orientation. In addition, several lawsuits challenging the regulations, which were initially issued by the
Friday, June 11, marks the last day to apply for the Environmental Services Department of the Year. The national honor from AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment recognizes a department’s achievement in patient satisfaction and following health organization best practices. Candidates can be self-nominated or nominated by an AHE member or non-member. The application
Compared with the pre-vaccination period of Nov. 29 to Dec. 12, 2020, COVID-19 incidence during April 18 to May 1, 2021, was 69% lower among adults overall, and 79%, 71% and 66% lower among persons aged 65 and over, 50-64 and 18-49, respectively, according to a report released today by the Center for Disease Control
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