It's a bottleneck plaguing facilities all along the transitional care pipeline in Michigan. When beds in acute care facilities remain full, so too do hospital beds that could otherwise be freed up to allow for more admissions.

High demand for COVID screening and scarce supply have opened the door to bad actors, and officials in some states are sounding the alarm about dubious street testing operators that could put people’s personal data, their health or wallets at risk.

Foreign-born workers have long been a staple of the long-term care industry. But now, rather than relying primarily on word-of-mouth referrals, operators are creating more intentional recruitment programs for immigrants and refugees.

Nursing homes were the lethal epicenter of the pandemic early on, before the vaccine allowed many of them to reopen to visitors last year. But the wildly contagious variant has dealt them a setback.

The military medicine program at Ohio State University seeks to coordinate care for service members in need of advanced nerve procedures, amputee reconstruction and rehabilitation.

The clinical trial found that both groups showed increases in antibodies “slightly higher” than following the third vaccine last year. But it said the increased antibodies did not prevent the spread of omicron.

Following Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, CMS will give states newly subject to the mandate more time to meet deadlines.

Dr. Randy Jernejcic comes to UPMC from University Hospitals of Cleveland, but he's also worked at hospitals in China. He starts his new job in Pittsburgh on February 1.

Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health, joins The Check Up to talk about the health system's plans on achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Only about half of hospitals' blood orders are being filled, leading some facilities to triage care.

Medicare pay advisors discussed the importance of two-sided risk and administratively-set benchmarks in a reformed model.

President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration's sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers.

Johns Hopkins researchers identify St. Dominic, USMD, Community Medical Centers and Care New England as among the leaders in providing unneeded medical services.

The new hire comes as the nation's second-largest Medicare Advantage carrier invests in home care services.

Mail containing patient data may have been sent to the wrong customers due to a printing issue, the insurer reported.

Day 4 highlights include a telehealth company highlighting how AI and automation will be part of its clinical care plan.

One serious issue that must be addressed amid healthcare's workforce crisis is unpaid caregiving responsibilities, which are more than doubling the mental impacts for working caregivers.

Starting on Jan. 19, the website COVIDTests.gov will provide tests at no cost, including no shipping fee, the White House announced.

MedPAC approved the suggestions despite concerns with labor and supply costs and the viability of the physician fee schedule.