Category: Press Release

Health insurance is out of reach for millions of Americans this year. Many are making difficult decisions about how to pay for coverage amid the loss of Affordable Care Act subsidies and nosebleed-high premiums. Attorney Nicole Wipp and skate-shop owner Noah Hulsman tell An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann how they tried to […]

CMS has introduced a new model to support whole-person care for children up to age 21 enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.  The Accelerating State Pediatric Innovation Readiness and Effectiveness Model will run for 10 years and is voluntary for states, with up to five states eligible to participate, according to the […]

A unionization effort by cancer clinicians at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is on hold as the health system seeks a review of the proposed bargaining unit’s structure from the National Labor Relations Board. A majority of the nearly 200 advanced practice providers at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute — including nurse practitioners and […]

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into alleged fraud in California’s hospice programs. In a March 23 letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. James Comer — who chairs the committee — and other lawmakers requested documents and communications related to the state’s oversight of federally funded hospice programs. The […]

While academic medical centers have long run on hospitals generating the margin, medical schools advancing education and research, and faculty practice plans delivering patient care, that three-part arrangement is under financial strain. Drawing on data from 61 AMCs, Vizient’s March 23 article, “The Shifting Economics of Academic Medicine,” written by Matthew Bates and Michael Bausch, […]

HHS has awarded $8.3 million to the API Innovation Center to expand domestic manufacturing of two essential hospital medicines: metoprolol and propofol. The funding will support end-to-end U.S. production of metoprolol for the first time in decades, according to a March 24 news release from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. With roughly 90% […]

Laura Kowal has been appointed president of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware Valley. Ms. Kowal has served as interim Delaware Valley president since July and as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary since 2020, according to a March 24 health system news release. She joined Nemours Children’s in 2014. Before joining the […]

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Healthcare Systems of America has struck a revenue cycle outsourcing partnership with Conifer Health Solutions. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Conifer will provide end-to-end revenue cycle management services for the eight-hospital health system, which has facilities in Florida, Texas and Louisiana, according to a March 24 news release. Conifer will […]

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will raise its minimum wage from $15 to $16 per hour, effective April 12. The increase will affect about 1,800 employees across 75 positions, UAMS Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, MD, said in a March 4 email to staff shared with Becker’s. The affected employees included those at […]