Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last Gist Weekly: May 24, 2024 Telehealth company Hims & Hers unveils $199 weight-loss shots, CMS launches an emergency care complaint portal for patients, and the Senate Finance Committee signals interest in Medicare physician payment reforms. Blog Hospital Nursing Shortage Appears to be Abating After peaking in 2021, the average hospital’s registered nurse (RN) turnover and vacancy rates in 2023 have nearly returned to 2019 levels, at 18 percent and 10 percent respectively. Infographic Walmart’s Primary Care Failure Is Important and a Problem Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-revenue problem. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The State of State Physician Noncompete Bans With the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issuing a final rule last month that bans noncompete agreements nationwide, the graphic below is our attempt to categorize the current status of complex state noncompete laws that affect physicians. Infographic Gist Weekly: May 17, 2024 Two Pennsylvania-based health systems sign a definitive merger agreement, and Ascension is hit by a ransomware attack. Blog A Different Way of Thinking About Hospital Closures The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means to deliver healthcare in communities that struggle to support a hospital. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Third Time’s Not the Charm for Walmart’s Healthcare Delivery Ambitions With Walmart’s announcement last week that it plans to shutter its Walmart Health business, this week’s graphic takes stock of the company’s healthcare delivery journey over nearly the past two decades. Infographic Gist Weekly: May 10, 2024 Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy and plans to sell its hospitals, and Florida sues the Biden administration over a new healthcare anti-discrimination rule. Blog Gist Weekly: May 3, 2024 Walmart shutters its clinics and virtual care offerings, and UnitedHealth Group's CEO answers to Congress after the Change cyberattack. Blog Gist Weekly: April 26, 2024 The FTC votes to ban employee noncompete clauses, and CMS imposes nursing home staffing minimums. Blog Gist Weekly: April 19, 2024 Congress begins its public inquiry into Change’s cybersecurity breach, and Elevance announces a new primary care platform company. Blog Gist Weekly: April 12, 2024 The AMA releases survey data on the impacts of the Change cyberattack on physician practices, and VillageMD appoints a new president. Blog Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last
Gist Weekly: May 24, 2024 Telehealth company Hims & Hers unveils $199 weight-loss shots, CMS launches an emergency care complaint portal for patients, and the Senate Finance Committee signals interest in Medicare physician payment reforms. Blog
Hospital Nursing Shortage Appears to be Abating After peaking in 2021, the average hospital’s registered nurse (RN) turnover and vacancy rates in 2023 have nearly returned to 2019 levels, at 18 percent and 10 percent respectively. Infographic
Walmart’s Primary Care Failure Is Important and a Problem Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-revenue problem. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The State of State Physician Noncompete Bans With the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issuing a final rule last month that bans noncompete agreements nationwide, the graphic below is our attempt to categorize the current status of complex state noncompete laws that affect physicians. Infographic
Gist Weekly: May 17, 2024 Two Pennsylvania-based health systems sign a definitive merger agreement, and Ascension is hit by a ransomware attack. Blog
A Different Way of Thinking About Hospital Closures The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means to deliver healthcare in communities that struggle to support a hospital. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Third Time’s Not the Charm for Walmart’s Healthcare Delivery Ambitions With Walmart’s announcement last week that it plans to shutter its Walmart Health business, this week’s graphic takes stock of the company’s healthcare delivery journey over nearly the past two decades. Infographic
Gist Weekly: May 10, 2024 Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy and plans to sell its hospitals, and Florida sues the Biden administration over a new healthcare anti-discrimination rule. Blog
Gist Weekly: May 3, 2024 Walmart shutters its clinics and virtual care offerings, and UnitedHealth Group's CEO answers to Congress after the Change cyberattack. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 26, 2024 The FTC votes to ban employee noncompete clauses, and CMS imposes nursing home staffing minimums. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 19, 2024 Congress begins its public inquiry into Change’s cybersecurity breach, and Elevance announces a new primary care platform company. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 12, 2024 The AMA releases survey data on the impacts of the Change cyberattack on physician practices, and VillageMD appoints a new president. Blog