The healthcare industry continues to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including caregiver burnout, staff shortages and financial challenges. But even during the worst of the crisis, clinical leaders found ways to adapt, innovate and focus on the true bottom line: the patient. Honorees on this year’s list of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives are perfect examples of such resilience. They represent […]

The three are among 14 executives with nursing backgrounds named to Modern Healthcare’s 2022 list of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. While some nurses move up through the ranks, obstacles remain for others. Nurses commonly lament they don’t command the same respect as medical doctors. “We’re going to have to challenge C-suite leaders,” said Loressa Cole, CEO of ANA […]

One beloved aardvark may have left us earlier this year when “Arthur” ended its 25-year run on PBS, but the San Diego Zoo has us covered with the arrival of a new aardvark cub, the first one born to the zoo in almost 40 years.  Today in health care, the wait is (almost) finally over for parents of kids under […]

Home health agencies would see a net $810 million Medicare pay cut next year under a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services draft policy announced Friday. The proposed rule calls for a 4.2% overall reimbursement decrease, which is primarily due to a negative pay adjustments to account for increased expenditures CMS contends resulted from a recently implemented payment system. CMS […]

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its FY 2023 home health proposed payment rule late Friday. It comes with a decrease to payment rates by 4.2%, or $810 million less compared to 2022 rates. Overall, the proposed rule looks to be one that will be disappointing to providers, and one they will refute heavily in the […]

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LONDON (AP) — British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of 574 cases. That makes the U.K.’s outbreak the biggest to date beyond Africa. In a statement, Britain’s Health Security Agency said most of the cases have been identified in gay or bisexual men, but warned that anyone who is […]

CVS Health intentionally prevented certain Medicare beneficiaries from accessing less expensive, generic prescriptions, according to a whistleblower lawsuit from a former senior CVS executive. Documents from the lawsuit were recently unsealed,. “In doing so, CVS Health has ensured astonishing profits for itself while passing the increased costs onto taxpayers and Part D beneficiaries,” the whistleblower charged in the complaint filed […]

According to the Medicare Trustees Report released in early June, the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for hospital services in Medicare Part A, is going to be insolvent by 2028—two years later than the estimate released last year. As a result, lawmakers will be tempted to discard insolvency as a nonurgent issue. In reality, however, the report underlines just […]

Interior architecture and workplace planning firm H. Hendy Associates in Newport Beach, Calif., announced the expansion of its healthcare and wellness studio. Kong Nguyen will serve as the studio director. The healthcare studio will provide interior architecture services to Southern California’s healthcare facilities. Nguyen has more than 20 years of experience in interior architecture within the healthcare industry, working on […]