by Malik Runswick | Jan 6, 2021 | Business Ideas
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ hospital wage index system isn’t doing enough to support facilities in the bottom quartile, specifically those in rural locations, according to an audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. OIG’s audit found that of the hospitals in the bottom quartile of […]
by Malik Runswick | Oct 4, 2020 | Business Economics
President Trump signs a continuing resolution that includes an extension of hospital loan repayments. (Photo by Pete Marovich – Pool/Getty Images)Hospitals that took advantage of federal loans to help them through the COVID-19 crisis have been given an extension...
by Malik Runswick | Sep 17, 2020 | Business News
Coronavirus update: Showing no signs of a relief, India has recorded 97,894 Covid-19 cases in just 24 hours, taking its tally past the 5.1-million mark. With this, India is rapidly nearing the US tally of 6.8 million. The death toll has risen by 1,139 to 83,230. In...
by Malik Runswick | Sep 13, 2020 | Business Law
More than 1,100 hospitals have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar demanding that the department enforce 340B drug pricing requirements. In recent weeks several major drugmakers have stopped providing 340B pricings for safety-net hospitals....
by Malik Runswick | Sep 3, 2020 | Business Ideas
The California state legislature this week passed the nation’s first law requiring healthcare facilities – including hospitals, medical groups, skilled nursing facilities and dialysis clinics – to maintain a 45-day supply of personal protective equipment at...
