Ginger Christ

Some industry leaders and trade groups hope for an end-of-year lame duck package that reflects their priorities, while others point to the bipartisan potential of future endeavors.

Patients who are ready to be discharged to other facilities are forced to stay in inpatient beds, costing health systems money.

From 2021 through June 2022, more than half of bankruptcies among large healthcare companies were in the senior care sector.

Many healthcare employers’ payment structures are in flux, with experts forecasting a turbulent period.

Hospitals have had to make tough decisions to cut services, temporarily or permanently, or consolidate departments because they don't have enough workers.

Walgreens Boots Alliance completed a $330 million deal to purchase 55% of CareCentrix, a home health benefit management company.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wlll allow some nursing homes more time to train temporary nurse aides hired during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Kaiser Permanente members reported the company isn't providing providing timely access to mental healthcare while 2,000 workers are on the picket line.

Mental healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente sites in Hawaii plan to strike Aug. 29 over patient access issues.

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and American Anesthesiology of New Jersey filed competing lawsuits over an employment dispute.

Wendy Horton, CEO of the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, discusses how her health system is innovating to address workforce shortages.

The employees have been working without a contract for nearly a year and bargaining talks have stalled.

Workers have been in negotiations with Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente since July 2021.

Labor organizations are prepared to support members anxious about state laws that could put them in criminal jeopardy.

Fewer discharges from hospitals and staffing shortages negatively affected the home health and hospice provider.