Medicare-Medicaid project to aid IHS units | Rapid City (S.D) Journal
The Indian Health Service announced Wednesday it will launch a Medicare and Medicaid recruiting effort among patients to improve healthcare at its three western South Dakota medical centers, among others. The pilot project will urge Native Americans to enroll in the federally-funded Medicare program for elders and the federal-state Medicaid program for the needy.
N.Y. hospital pay back nurses after illegal lockout | (Albany, N.Y.) ABC News 10
Nathan Littauer Hospital, Gloversville, N.Y., has agreed to pay members of the New York State Nurses Association back wages after illegally locking them out after a one-day strike in January. This comes on the heels of the National Labor Relations Board finding of “merit” and issuance of a complaint against the hospital.
After avoiding strike, Brigham and Women's nurses approve 3-year contract | Boston Globe
Unionized nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital voted Wednesday to approve a new three-year contract, formally ending a bitter labor dispute with one of the state's largest hospitals.
UNC Rex Healthcare names 4th CFO since 2015 | (Raleigh, N.C.) News and Observer
UNC Rex Healthcare, Raleigh, N.C., has named a new chief financial officer, the organization's fourth CFO in the past year. Andrew Zukowski, 40, will assume the CFO role on Aug. 22 at the 5,800 employee organization. He comes to Rex from the University of Michigan Health System, where he oversaw finances for the system's Hospitals and Health Centers division.
U.S. healthcare stock bulls look past political risks | Reuters
With U.S. healthcare shares looking cheap and business and demographic trends supporting the industry's outlook, some investors are betting the sector will resume beating the broader market it has out-gained for much of the decade.
Dental therapists take on dentists' duties in some states | Roll Call
Three states are empowering dental therapists to perform some tasks that previously were done by dentists. Dentists say the shift could weaken the quality of patient care because therapists are not sufficiently trained, an assertion therapists dispute.
Unusual 8-bed hospital proposed for Kansas city | Kansas City (Mo.) Star
Preliminary site plans for an unusual — and small — eight-bed hospital have been filed with the city of Roeland Park, Kan. The healthcare facility, including an emergency department, is proposed for a site at Roe Boulevard and Johnson Drive that has been sold to the hospital developer by Commerce Bank.
