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New jobs report indicates healthcare’s importance, Kaiser/Renown deal, lower Covid death rates

Hospital performance is generally stable but has softened in recent months. Expense growth is outpacing revenue growth—as non-labor expenses in particular continue to put pressure on hospitals.

Turmoil in the nation’s public health agency leads to turmoil in vaccine policy, Medicare dips its toes into the prior-authorization waters.

A better credit outlook for hospitals, AI takes center stage, staffing troubles at VA hospitals

Hospital revenue on a volume adjusted basis increased. However, bad debt rose in June compared to May, outpacing the growth rate of previous months.

UnitedHealth’s difficulties continue, more doctors exit traditional Medicare, troubling new report on hospital safety reporting

This week’s graphic features data from a KFF analysis of how prevalent immigrants are in the hospital workforce.

BayCare Health System in Florida was one of four systems nationwide to pilot a wellbeing program to combat burnout and stress among nursing staff, in partnership with the American...

This week’s graphic features data from an American Hospital Association (AHA) report about violence in the healthcare workplace.

Burnout and stress are prevalent among healthcare providers, including nursing staff. On a recent episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast, host J. Carlisle Larsen is joined by Trish Shucoski, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, chief nurse executive at BayCare. And BayCare's advanced nursing educator, Rocky Hauch, DNP, RN, PCCN.

Hospital financial indicators were slightly weaker in May than the previous month, with a greater decline in month-over-month outpatient revenue than recorded recently.

The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes a short case study on Geisinger’s utilization management transformation as well as a short interview with Columbia Memorial's CEO on a rural...