How Healthcare Systems Can Stop Misinformation

[ad_1] There is an adage in the healthcare industry: meet your patients. Healthcare consumers—especially mothers who make most of their healthcare decisions—are increasingly online. Many people turn to misinformation-ridden internet celebrities and social media to make choices about their health. Healthcare facilities and local governments want to be the primary source of practical health information, […]

HCA South Tampa, Florida Hospital Adds New Endocrine Surgery Facility

[ad_1] HCA South Tampa, Florida Hospital In Tampa, Florida, announced the opening of a new $50 million endocrine surgery hospital in Tampa. article exist Florida Political Network. The Endocrine Surgery Hospital has 15 private inpatient units, 8 operating theatres (OR) and 33 separate operating theatres for pre- and post-operative care. Services include radiology, nuclear medicine, […]

UK clears 6th COVID vaccine despite cancelled dose deal

[ad_1] British authorities have authorized French drugmaker Valneva to produce a coronavirus vaccine for adults despite the government’s decision last year to cancel orders for at least 100 million doses of the vaccine. The UK was the first country to approve the Valneva vaccine, which is also under review by the European Medicines Agency. Britain’s […]

UnitedHealth beats first-quarter forecast, raises 2022 outlook

[ad_1] UnitedHealth Group beat Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations and raised its forecast for 2022, as growing Medicare Advantage coverage and nursing services boosted the healthcare giant again. The largest U.S. health insurance provider reported adjusted earnings of $5.49 a share on Thursday, with total revenue rising more than 14% to $80.1 billion in the quarter. […]

GMK Associates expands interior design department

[ad_1] Multidisciplinary planning, design and construction services firm GMK Associates (Columbia, SC) added new talent to its interior design department. Heather Ling has joined the company as Director of Interior Design, responsible for the strategic vision and day-to-day management of staff and project commissions. She has over 14 years of experience in the interior design […]

THCB Gang Episode 87, Thursday, April 14, 1pm PT, 4pm ET – Healthcare Blog

[ad_1] THCB Gang Join Matthew Holt (@boltyboy(@MightyCasey); futurist Ian Morrison@seccurve) & Jeff Goldsmith; Jennifer Benz (@Jenbenz); and policy advisor/author Rosemarie Day (@Rosemarie_Day1). You can watch the video live below (which will be archived later), and if you’d rather listen than watch, the audio will remain as a weekly podcast, available on our iTunes & Spotify […]

Trinity Health’s Michigan hospital renamed with namesake

[ad_1] Livonia-based Trinity Health announced Wednesday that it will rebrand all of its Michigan operations under the Trinity Health name in Michigan. The name change will affect all eight Trinity hospitals in the state, including St. Joseph’s Mercy Health System in Metro Detroit and Mercy Health on the west side of the state, as well […]

Nursing home industry condemns improper timing of proposed Medicare cuts

[ad_1] Nursing homes are fighting for a $320 million Medicare pay cut they say will make it harder to provide care during an already challenging time. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday released a proposed rule that would reduce Medicare Part A reimbursement in fiscal 2023 to compensate for what the agency […]

As COVID rises, CDC extends travel mask requirement until May 3

[ad_1] The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will extend mask requirements for public transportation by 15 days nationwide to monitor the rise in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would extend the order, which was due to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to […]

CMS ‘birth-friendly’ hospital name to debut in 2023

[ad_1] Hospitals can begin earning “birth-friendly” designations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the fall of 2023, the agency announced Wednesday. The designation will initially be based on the hospital admissions quality reporting program’s Maternal morbidity structural measures. CMS said in a press release that hospitals will need to meet expanded criteria […]

Mass General Brigham gets extension to develop cost-cutting plan

[ad_1] The Massachusetts Board of Health Policy gave Brigham the Massachusetts General an extension to its performance improvement plan. The HPC ordered the state’s largest health system to develop a cost-reduction plan that exceeded the commission’s spending growth benchmark of $293 million from 2014 to 2019. Originally scheduled for mid-March. Health systems now have until […]

Private Equity in Nursing Homes Raises Capitol Hill Question — and GAO Investigation

[ad_1] A growing body of research shows that private equity-owned facilities have worse health outcomes than all other facilities.A sort of February 2021 Research Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that traveling to a facility owned by a private equity firm increases a resident’s chance of dying by 10 percent compared to […]