Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals. GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. Mask mandate ruling was ‘irresponsibly abrupt,’ hospital exec says. HHS is giving $226.5

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

But the top most-read story of the year had to do with a challenge nearly every healthcare organization is facing: clinician burnout, and how to help address it. But the top most-read story of the year had to do with a challenge nearly every healthcare organization is facing: clinician burnout, and how to help address it.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

48 hospitals on Forbes’ list of best employers. Health care worker shortage will only get worse if lawmakers don’t act, Senate panel warned. Hospitals plead with Congress to tackle workforce shortages. Hospitals urge HHS to fix, not end, direct contracting model. 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Big tech will make noise, not real change, with their forays into fixing healthcare. Big tech companies have not worked to improve healthcare from the inside out. It’s also not a road big tech companies are set up to travel. From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check.

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

34 urban hospitals win challenge to Medicare rate formula change. AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals introduced in Senate. Amazon wants a hospital C-leader whisperer. Casey, Grassley, introduce bill to help rural hospitals. CMS ‘birthing-friendly’ hospital designation will debut in 2023.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. Hospitalist talks tech innovation for staffing shortages and patient access. What’s holding up hospital at home? What’s next?

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Congress presses Meta about health data privacy after hospitals remove Facebook tracker. Health systems grow apprenticeships to tackle shortages. House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe practices as pandemic hit. Alabama hospital CEO resigns. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Like ordering from Amazon: Where health tech is heading, according to 3 CIOs. Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a ‘crisis point’ Nursing home groups request public health emergency extension. Supreme Court Weighs Whether Medicaid Residents Can Sue State-Owned Nursing Homes. deal to combine with Summit Health.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Bill would use CMS’s Five-Star system to punish consistently 1-star nursing homes. How hospital CIOs, IT leaders prepared for the new information-blocking rule. Physician shortages: Key stats to know. USDA awards health care grants to rural hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama. Moving the Needle on SDOH Data. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2022

CMS bulletin presses states on Medicaid nursing home spending. CMS informational bulletin urges steps for improving health outcomes in nursing homes. Dr. Fauci to step down in December to ‘mentor the next generation’ EMTALA covers abortion in Idaho hospitals, judge rules. Compliance with Oct. 30 months into pandemic.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T Lawmakers are now mulling limits.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

AbbVie to restrict 340B discounts to safety net hospitals. CDC gives nursing home workers a big break – if they’re boosted. CMS Issues Additional Vaccine Mandate Guidance for Nursing Homes. CMS sends 335 hospitals price disclosure violation warnings. COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 21, 2022

20 hospitals, health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care: Johns Hopkins. 5 states facing highest, lowest weekly nursing home COVID-19 positivity rates. COVID-19 positive, asymptomatic healthcare workers return amid staffing shortages. Hospital Mergers Just Keep Getting Bigger.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

19% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state. 5 states facing the worst nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks. COVID-19 positive, asymptomatic healthcare workers return amid staffing shortages. COVID-19 positive, asymptomatic healthcare workers return amid staffing shortages.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

11% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state. Are hospitals getting more aggressive against private practices? CMS cuts payments to 764 hospitals over patient complications. CMS makes nursing home staffing data available for 1st time. A Failure To Confront Market Dynamics.

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