Month: December 2022

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors. Thirty-three states plus the […]

Hospital operating margins to stay depressed in 2023 Positive operating margins may be out of reach for many hospitals and health systems in 2023. Health systems are working to reduce high contract labor costs while still managing staffing shortages. They are also absorbing increased expenses when payers’ reimbursements fail to keep […]

$1.7T spending bill draws mostly praise from healthcare industry The House of Representatives passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill Friday, which drew mixed reactions from healthcare industry associations.  The legislation, which passed the Senate on Thursday, includes a number of healthcare policy adjustments that range from easing Medicare cuts to guaranteeing 12 months […]

Rapidly growing markets could become magnets for M&A Texas, Arizona, Florida and Idaho are home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and hospitals and health systems in those metropolitan areas may be merger or acquisition targets next year. Eight of the 15 fastest-growing large cities from July […]

SeniorBridge to close all New York locations, lays off 1,005 Humana at Home, doing business as SeniorBridge, has filed with the state to close sites in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, in Westchester and on Long Island and lay off 1,005 workers. According to the filing which is dated earlier this month, […]

$1.7T spending bill eases Medicare rate cuts, extends telehealth waivers Lawmakers unveiled a 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion spending bill Tuesday that includes provisions affecting the future of how healthcare is paid for and delivered across the nation, from the comfort of one’s home to hospitals in rural communities. The omnibus bill, […]