Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Biden administration this week issued regulations aimed at fixing the Affordable Care Act’s “family glitch,” which has prevented families that can’t afford their employer insurance from getting subsidized coverage from the […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expecting coronavirus cases to rise in Europe as some countries have already begun reporting an increase in infections, hospitalizations and deaths. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday noted the recent rise in pandemic metrics among European countries while addressing the COVID-19 International Health Regulations Emergency Committee. “This is to be expected, as the […]
Providence recently issued a letter responding to a series of questions raised by a senator about its debt collection practices. The letter was a response to one sent by Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat of Washington to Rod Hochman, Providence’s president and CEO, on September 28. Murray’s letter pressed for answers about the 52-hospital health system’s debt collection practices. She […]
University Hospitals is cutting 443 administrative jobs–326 of which were open positions. The Cleveland-based not-for-profit health system said the labor changes, plus other unspecified non-labor reductions, will cut more than $100 million in expenses annually. The 117 employees losing their jobs will receive severance packages. None of the 443 positions are involved in direct patient care. The health system did […]
The era of government-financed COVID tests, vaccines, and therapeutics is likely coming to an end soon. In August, the Administration announced that by January 2023, it expects to end its purchase and distribution of COVID vaccines, citing a lack of federal funds. The announcement signals the shift in the United State’s response to the pandemic and a transition from government-led […]
One of the images that remains sharp in specialty physicians’ minds from the first year of the pandemic is that of empty waiting rooms. Across the country, patients and providers sought to prevent the spread of disease by limiting in-person encounters to the sickest patients. Now, amid signs that patients are continuing to delay or skip care while physicians are […]
BY HANS DUVEFELT This weekend I read a piece in The New York Times that put a slightly different slant on what burnout, in the case of physician burnout, is or is caused by. We have heard theories from being asked to do the wrong thing, like data entry, to “moral injury” to my favorite, “burnout skills“, when you keep […]
The Washington Post previously reported that facilities in Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and Washington were among those affected. CommonSpirit, which is headquartered in Chicago but doesn’t have any Illinois hospitals, said it has tapped the help of cybersecurity specialists and notified law enforcement of the cyberattack. Its facilities are following protocol, which includes taking some electronic health records offline. Electronic health […]
Women’s health issues are finally getting attention, and the stigma around menstruation is beginning to lift. Femcare, or period products and wellness solutions for women, has gained significant momentum in recent years, especially after the term “Femtech”—female technology—was coined in 2017. Reproductive care support, including fertility solutions, is also gaining steam. But one of the biggest areas that has been […]