Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against seven health systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth, union officials say. The vote Monday gave nurse negotiators the ability to call a strike, with a 10-day notice to employers. The union represents 15,000 nurses. The next negotiation session is set for Aug. 30. Union officials said […]
This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kristen Duell, Chief Marketing Officer of HCP, to learn the strategies that home health providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry […]
Royal Philips President and CEO Frans van Houten will step down in October and be replaced by Roy Jakobs under a succession plan the Dutch health technology company unveiled Tuesday. Shareholders will meet Sept. 30 to appoint Jakobs, who currently leads Philips’ connected care division, as van Houten’s successor effective Oct. 15. The executive leadership change comes amid a massive recall of ventilators prescribed to patients for […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday added Russia to its coronavirus travel warning list, classifying the country as level 3 of 4 in pandemic severity. “Make sure you are vaccinated and up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines before traveling to Russia. If you are not up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, avoid travel to Russia,” […]
Moximed’s MISHA knee system Medical device company Moximed has been tinkering for nearly 15 years on its signature product, an implantable shock absorber for the knee. Backed by $40 million in new funding announced Tuesday, the Fremont, California-based company hopes to secure approval for the product by next year from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Moximed CEO […]
BY KIM BELLARD Yes, I know Congress just passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a big step forward in combating climate change that also has some important healthcare provisions (Medicare negotiating drug prices, anyone?), but, come on, TikTok is buying hospitals! I can’t pass that up. To be more accurate, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is actually buying hospitals, through two of […]
The bill clears Medicare beneficiaries to continue to receive telehealth services at any site, regardless of type or location; permits occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists and audiologists to continue to furnish telehealth services; allows behavioral health services to continue to be provided via audio-only technology; and lets hospice physicians and nurse practitioners to continue to complete certain requirements relating […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday finalized a rule allowing hearing aids to be sold over the counter. The Biden administration touted the announcement as helping make hearing aids more affordable. Hearing aids available over the counter could be available as soon as mid-October in retail and drug stores, the administration said. “As early as […]
A quick skim of the CDC’s latest COVID guidelines might give the impression that this fall could feel a lot like the ones we had in the Before Times. Millions of Americans will be working in person at offices, and schools and universities will be back in full swing. There will be few or no masking, testing, or vaccination mandates […]