Medical staff costs unsustainable, warns AHA
Labor costs and low morale are looming emergencies for medical systems revenue cycle directors in 2022. Doctors and nurses are suffering burnout and quitting or reducing hours. These medical staff…
Labor costs and low morale are looming emergencies for medical systems revenue cycle directors in 2022. Doctors and nurses are suffering burnout and quitting or reducing hours. These medical staff…
One of the most daunting challenges medical practices face is when they change systems for managing patients’ data during an electronic medical record (EMR) conversion. If the EMR conversion is…
Insurance companies conduct business based on the premise that their policies are the last word on whether they pay or deny a healthcare claim. This assumption, however, is false. The…
Delta variant destabilizes healthcare planning: With the spread of the more contagious delta variant, Covid-19 cases spiked almost 70 percent in the last week (www.washingtonpost.com/…covid-cases-rising/). The public health crisis continues…
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While the COVID-19 pandemic flooded hospitals with patients in 2020, healthcare systems did not benefit financially. In most businesses, more customers mean more money. In the case of hospitals, those…
2021 is here and with a new year, there’s word of COVID-19 vaccines making their way throughout the United States. While rollout is slower than expected, about 5 million people…
Medicaid expansion has affected hospitals’ finances. This is according to research found in a study conducted by the Urban Institute. The data used was collected from the American Hospital Association…
Reducing costs is important in any industry, but especially in the healthcare field. While reducing costs is currently a top priority for healthcare CFOS, the lack of sufficient data and…
Recently, additional hospital bankruptcies have hit the news. With the pandemic still raging on and emergency rooms and wards becoming overcrowded, you’d think that hospitals would have a steady flow…