Medicaid per diem payments covered 80% or less of the per diem costs for about 40% of nursing homes. Medicaid per diem payments covered 80% or more of per diem costs for 52% of nursing homes. Medicaid ...

When patients undergo hysterectomies, they are often unaware of exactly which organs they have had removed or are unfamiliar with the full range of surgical options available, according to a Dec. 1 ...

Between 2018 and 2021, more pharmacies closed in the U.S. than opened, according to research published Dec. 3 in Health Affairs. Historically, the number of new pharmacy openings often exceeded ...

Nursing home officials said they are counting on the Trump administration to reverse an impending Biden-era staffing level mandate, KFF Health News reported Dec. 3.

Healthcare workers at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center reach tentative agreement with MultiCare Health System after year-long negotiations. Includes minimum wag ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's deputy CEO and chief health system officer, C. Wright Pinson, will step down after 35 years. Jane Freedman, MD, to succe ...

Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in November was $2,286.34, up 0.65% from the previous month and down 3.34% from November 2023, according to data shared with Becker's from Vivian, a ...

CVS Health is preparing to raise up to $2.5 billion through a bond sale, Bloomberg reported Dec. 2. The company has engaged Barclays, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to arrange investor calls, sources ...

Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, plans to retire after a 45-year healthcare career. Mr. Gragnolati will remain CEO until his successor is selected ...

Insight Health System acquires Coldwater Regional Hospital from ProMedica, expanding their network to 6 hospitals, 6 surgery centers, and 28 clinics.

Intermountain Health names Ryan Smith as chief digital and information officer, bringing back a former CIO to lead in the ...

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has officially acquired Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital, a 304-bed, nonprofit community hospital. Prisma shared plans to acquire Blount Memorial in ...