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  • 3 weeks ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Jeff Lagasse

    Photo: Emir Memedovski/Getty ImagesHospital financial performance has improved since the start of the year, with margins improving for nonprofit hospitals specifically. This is despite tariff policies at the national level that are causing uncertainty and market volatility, according to Kaufman Hall's latest Flash Report. The report found the healthcare sector has continued to add jobs during the tumult.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Jeff Lagasse

    Photo: John Baggaley/Getty ImagesExecutives at state-based insurance exchanges have written a letter to healthcare leaders in the Senate expressing concern over the contents of the Republican-led "Big Beautiful Bill," saying proposals in the legislation would likely drive up costs for the uninsured. Ending the premium tax credits would probably kick upwards of 4 million people off their coverage, the letter said.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Jeff Lagasse

    Photo: Al David Sacks/Getty ImagesIncorporating health-related social needs data into electronic health records is an increasingly integral part of accountable care performance in healthcare, but there's no real consensus on how to best capture and manage this data.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Jeff Lagasse

    Photo: SDI Productions/Getty ImagesSacramento-based Sutter Health, a 24-hospital health system serving patients in northern California, is putting up $23 million to invest in primary and behavioral healthcare in Del Norte and Lake counties. The money will go toward a number of investments. The largest is at Sutter Coast Hospital, which has broken ground on its new Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing, or EmPATH, unit.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcarefinancenews.com | Jeff Lagasse

    Photo: SimpleImages/Getty ImagesA Centene subsidiary is now facing a lawsuit filed by the mother of a deceased member in Arizona for allegedly failing to provide adequate access to mental health coverage. The lawsuit centers around the death of Ravy Coutinho, who allegedly died because Centene subsidiary Health Net of Arizona failed to adhere to law requiring appropriate access to mental healthcare.

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jelagasse @jeff_e_lagasse
8 Oct 21

#CMS has released their annual Star Ratings for #Medicare Advantage and Part D. A lot of 5-star plans this year: https://t.co/QhVQrnHAx5 #healthcare #healthinsurance #health #insurance

jelagasse
jelagasse @jeff_e_lagasse
2 Sep 21

#Nurses are urging #HHS to declare the ongoing staffing shortage a national crisis: https://t.co/71bLplivjA #nursing #health #healthcare #Covid_19 #coronavirus #covid19 #workforce #staffing

jelagasse
jelagasse @jeff_e_lagasse
27 Aug 21

Arizona-based #HonorHealth has found a way to facilitate smoother and more efficient mass #vaccination efforts: https://t.co/MoirEaRGGh #COVID19 #himss21 #vaccine #health #healthcare