by Associated Press | Aug 6, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results. Virus “They originally told him that it would be five days,” said Jenna Settles, his wife. “Then...
by Shelby Livingston | Jul 31, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has issued judgments of $3.7 billion for health insurers involved in two class actions over the federal government’s failure to pay funds owed under a now-expired Affordable Care Act program. Feds The judgments issued late...
by modern healthcare | Jul 28, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced $5 billion in new grant funds for nursing homes to fight COVID-19 and said that it will require weekly staff testing for nursing homes in states with outbreaks. CMS The new funding is from the $175 billion Provider...
by Alex Kacik | Jul 23, 2020 | Hospitals
Whether the sought-after skills are related to telehealth, supply chain management, or diversity and inclusion, the health system CEO role is going to look different than it did prior to the pandemic, executive search experts said. casts “Telehealth is going to be...
by Adam Bonislawski, 360Dx | Jul 21, 2020 | Hospitals
With COVID-19 testing having become the primary focus of the clinical laboratory world, it should be no surprise that related fraud is likewise an area of growing concern. HHS Last month, the HHS Office of Inspector General announced that it had begun examining trends...
by Associated Press | Jul 20, 2020 | Hospitals
Teams of military doctors, nurses and other healthcare specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases across the state. The Air Force, at California’s request, assigned 160...
