Top 25 Women Leaders
The executives named to this year's listing of the Top 25 Women Leaders illustrate how a more diverse leadership team can improve performance, both clinically and financially.
CommonSpirit Health's CHI posts $424 million loss in latest quarter
By Paul BarrCatholic Health Initiatives was hit by the sharp year-end downturn in the stock market in 2018, posting a bottom line loss of $424.3 million, a $627 million swing from the year-earlier quarterly profit of $203.6 million.
New Justice Dept. policies, new AG may mute False Claims Act whistleblowers
Healthcare industry groups have new hope that whistleblower cases will dwindle or even go away under new Attorney General William Barr.
Research
By the Numbers: Healthcare employment diversity
Compare 17 healthcare occupations by their total employment count and the percentages of gender and ethnic diversity within each. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Providers
Mayo Clinic latest health system to report hit by volatile equities market
Mayo Clinic's investment returns swung $964 million lower into negative territory in 2018 year-over-year as the not-for-profit system weathers volatile markets.
Insurance
Silver-loading complicates CSR lawsuits
Last week insurers notched additional wins in their fight against the Trump administration's cutoff of CSRs. But with policy changes coming to sort out silver-loading, experts predict a messy outcome.
Government
Medicaid expansion and funding face threats in several states
Medicaid expansion and funding face serious political challenges in several Western and Great Plains states, following expansion ballot initiatives and legislative and gubernatorial elections in those states.
Finance
Q&A: Centene CEO Michael Neidorff stays focused on attaining growth
Centene Corp. CEO Michael Neidorff says the large Medicaid managed-care plan is well positioned to deliver high quality products that lower costs.
Technology
Name and shame: HHS using disclosure, transparency to try to force change
HHS is using a public approach to enforcing its rules on healthcare stakeholders.
Transformation
Integrating security officers into the clinical team to prevent violence
St. Louis-based SSM Health implemented an initiative that encourages security officers to be a more active part of the care team in order to spot potentially violent incidents with patients before they escalate.
Safety & Quality
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital to open intermediate-care unit
The so-called step-down model is meant for patients who don't require intensive care but are too sick for the general inpatient ward.
People
Breaking Bias: Everyone benefits from growing diversity in healthcare leadership
In this era of consumer-centric care, it's critically important to ensure that our clinicians, executives and even members of our governing boards, accurately represent and reflect the communities we serve.
Surveys
Largest health systems, hospital-owned insurers included in new resource guide
Modern Healthcare's 20th annual resource guide features a list of the largest healthcare lobbying organizations and fuller information on lists of vendors and suppliers.
