Hospitals nationwide are grappling with high patient volumes, staffing shortages and inefficient capacity management — all while being asked to deliver timely, high-quality care. During a recent ...

CMS has proposed reducing payments to home health agencies by an estimated 6.4% in 2026. The agency announced the payment decrease in a fact sheet published June 30 which outlines additional proposed ...

Following the Senate’s approval of the revised One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Nemours Children’s Health Executive Vice President and CFO Caswell Samms III has emphasized the Orlando, Fla.-based health ...

In the U.S., select certified registered nurse anesthetists are required to obtain a doctoral degree in 2025. Here are five questions, answered: 1. What prompted this licensing requirement? In the ...

The battle over pharmacy benefit manager regulation is intensifying across the U.S. With the Supreme Court declining to revisit a key PBM case and Illinois signing sweeping new restrictions into law, ...

New York state has finalized an emergency rule that allows registered nurses to follow non-patient-specific orders issued by physician assistants, Nixon Peabody reported July 1. Previously, RNs could ...

MyChart use was associated with 21 million fewer appointment no-shows in 2024, Epic found. Patients with an active patient portal account had a no-show rate of 6.2%, compared to 7.9% to patients ...

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched a cancer screening initiative for U.S. veterans. The program utilizes a multicancer early detection tool that screens for up to 50 cancers ...

Tuscaloosa-based University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing has partnered with DCH Health System, also based in Tuscaloosa, to open a supportive care clinic at the system’s Lewis and Faye ...

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has appointed Nida Shekhani to serve as deputy COO.  Ms. Shakhani shared the news July 1 on LinkedIn. She will continue to serve as the cancer center’s ...

Payer communication difficulties are the greatest barrier to improving appeals performance, according to a report from RCM company Knowtion Health, featuring joint research with the Healthcare ...

During a featured session at Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting in April, Eli Tarlow, a healthcare strategist and director with the tech firm CDW, took the stage to confront a sobering ...