RALEIGH Several hospitals in the Triangle say they will require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, changing a policy of voluntary inoculation that’s been in place since the vaccines became available last winter. All three Duke Health hospitals and UNC Health Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Siler City and […]
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Grady Memorial Hospital ranks first, and Piedmont Hospital last, in a report rating the 10 largest nonprofit Atlanta/Athens area hospitals on their spending on charity care and other community health initiatives. The “Fair Share’’ ranking, from the Lown Institute, was released this week and has already generated controversy. The rankings […]
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Provider groups have expressed support for a Supreme Court decision to hear a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ move to cut hospital reimbursement in the 340B drug payment program. On July 2, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of the American Hospital Association et […]
Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, […]
Merced College nursing student Rita Singh, 38, of Turlock, administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a vaccination clinic inside the Merced College gymnasium in Merced, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. According to Merced College, the college partnered with University of California Health, UC Merced, Dignity Health […]
RALEIGH North Carolina hospitals that were stretched to their limits during the coronavirus pandemic have seen a dramatic decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients this spring. But now hospitals say they’re struggling with another health crisis, one that predates the pandemic but has been made worse by it, and […]
During a typical year, the pediatric emergency room staff at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood would be preparing for a summer lull. But like last year, this one hasn’t been typical. Amid a surge in behavioral health issues that has overwhelmed children’s hospitals across the country, South Florida has […]
The Cleveland Clinic is preparing to open its own hospital in London as it, like other nonprofit U.S. health systems, searches the globe for new sources of revenue. Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making a nearly […]
Photo: Johner Images/Getty Images Recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Managed Care show that most of the hospitals sampled are not complying with the January 1 mandate to post their negotiated rates with payers. JAMA’s report analyzed 200 samples. First […]