If enacted, the GOP’s spending bill could kick more than 10 million Americans off Medicaid. Experts are worried about the major spike in uncompensated care that hospitals would have to provide — and they’re warning that this change will result in major revenue losses for hospitals, facility closures, higher premiums for commercially insured patients, and worse public health.
As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and systems in place to address the health of their neighbors.
A new report by Paubox calls for healthcare IT leaders to dispose of outdated assumptions about email security and address the challenges of evolving cybersecurity threats.
There is an urgent need for health systems to develop efficient strategies that balance improved patient outcomes with financial health — here are three areas to focus on.
About 8% of Black adults and 7% of Hispanic adults skipped care because of transportation challenges in the last year, compared to 4% of White adults and 2% of Asian adults, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition, 14% of adults with low family incomes passed on care.
UNC Health has partnered with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to open a new inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents. The partners came together because action is desperately needed to increase access to youth mental health services — research has found a significant link between the country’s shortage of mental health professionals and its rise in youth suicides.
Though hospitals’ financial circumstances were dire this year, some multibillion dollar expansion projects have managed to move forward — including a the construction of a new $5 billion medical campus in Nevada and a new $4.3 billion hospital in San Francisco.
In today’s healthcare landscape, your choice of medical billing partner directly impacts your bottom line. What are the best medical billing outsourcing companies, and which one is right for you?
In over 20% of U.S. counties, most people have to drive more than 30 minutes to reach the closest hospital, making them hospital desert areas, according to a recent report. Large swathes of the country are also pharmacy and trauma center deserts.
Healthcare brands invest enormous sums of money in marketing campaigns, websites, and apps that will never be effective until a consumer can overcome the data barriers to healthcare access.
For the rural population, and for non-rural citizens who still face overwhelming challenges to accessing consistent, quality care, virtual care can transcend the benefits of convenience and ease and become a truly life-changing, sometimes life-saving solution.