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Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. The report from the HHS inspector general found that about 4 in 10 Medicare recipients

In this article 700-HK School children in the Netherlands doing homework at home during the coronavirus crisis. Robin Utrecht | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — SoftBank, Tencent and other leading investors are betting that the next big online education company will come out of Europe. Vienna-based online tutoring start-up GoStudent said

For over 130 years, Sentara Healthcare has cared for some of the most diverse communities in Virginia and North Carolina. We believe our differences are our strengths, and as a result have always prided ourselves on our equally diverse teams and the work we do within our communities. In mid-2019, we decided to formalize our

At the end of March, Eli Lilly inked a contract with Cleveland Clinic to provide cardiac surgery for the drug giant’s more than 35,000 employees. It was another initiative from a self-insured employer looking to lower costs and control quality by partnering with a center of excellence program. In 2020, more than half of large

The pandemic heightened attention to clinician burnout and staff wellbeing and, in some cases, added to underlying tensions between employees and employers. As the industry emerges from the challenges of the past year, it will be critical to resolve some of the conflicts that can lead to distrust. Industry stakeholders in Massachusetts started down this

When people cross a bridge, they take its stability for granted. They don’t consider it might collapse. So should it be in healthcare. Whether a patient or a family member is trying to stay healthy or manage a chronic condition, they need reliable partners to navigate an uncertain and risky passage. Primary care is healthcare’s

A woman reacts as she receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as part of a government plan to inoculate Mexican border residents on its shared frontier with the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico June 17, 2021. Jorge Duenes | Reuters Coronavirus vaccine booster shots will likely be needed in the

It’s one thing to require unvaccinated travelers to quarantine or undergo extra Covid tests. It’s another to bar them altogether. A small but growing list of travel destinations is either closing its doors to unvaccinated travelers or reopening only to vaccinated ones. Either way, the unvaccinated are seeing their travel options start to dwindle as

Asian countries have to tame the current waves of the coronavirus outbreak in order to get their economies ready for future rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, an economist said Monday. Fed officials last week indicated that interest rate hikes could come as soon as 2023, shifting from earlier comments in March that said

Encompass Health appointed Barbara Jacobsmeyer as CEO of its home health and hospice segment, the company announced Monday. She succeeds April Anthony, whose last day was June 18. Jacobsmeyer previously served as president of inpatient hospitals for Encompass Health, a role that the company President and CEO Mark Tarr will fill until further notice, the

The U.S Supreme Court on Monday rejected the latest appeal by private insurance companies seeking reimbursement for losses over claims covered under the Affordable Care Act. Maine Community Health Options and Community Health Choice from Texas asked the high court in February to reverse a lower-court ruling that only would permit them to recoup a

Most hospitals train more physicians residents than Medicare funds, leaving many providers to either offset the expense themselves or deal with fewer physicians in their workforce, according to a new report by the Congressional watchdog. Approximately 70% of hospitals in 2018 that offered graduate medical education programs trained more physician residents than what Medicare paid,

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms approached another encouraging milestone Monday: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated. The coronavirus was the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

President Joe Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June because of regulatory and other hurdles, officials said as they announced new plans Monday for sharing the shots globally. The White House announced the final allocations for the doses, with 60

A group of plastic surgeons hit UnitedHealthcare with a proposed class action on Monday, alleging the nation’s largest insurer “routinely and consistently” denied claims for a type of breast augmentation surgery requested by cancer survivors despite a federal law that requires them to do so. The complaint, filed in a New Jersey federal court, said

Select Medical unveiled an aggressive growth plan Monday, with seven new long-term acute care hospitals and eight new outpatient clinics joining its ranks this year. Publicly-traded Select, whose stock was up almost 3% at Monday’s market close, is structuring the deals as both acquisitions and joint venture partnerships under which it will be the majority

Coronavirus safety posters are displayed in the window of the Sondheim Theatre on June 14, 2021 in London, England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a four-week delay to the final easing of coronavirus restrictions following concern over the virus’s Delta variant and rising infection rates. Rob Pinney | Getty Images The highly contagious delta

The Better Medicare Alliance named Mary Beth Donahue as its new president and CEO, effective later this summer, the advocacy group announced. Donahue, a former HHS Chief of Staff and patient advocate, will succeed Better Medicare Alliance’s founding President and CEO Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, who is leaving the organization after six years. “We are deeply

An innovative health care program set up to keep patients healthier while reducing costs missed its financial target between 2017 and 2019, a new report by the Vermont State Auditor has found. The report released Monday by state auditor Douglas Hoffer said that OneCare Vermont, the organization set up to run the program, missed its

A person being vaccinated at the launch of the province-wide roadshows to drum up public support for vaccination against COVID 19 at Moses Mabhida People’s Park on June 08, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. Darren Stewart | Gallo Images | Getty Images The Biden administration announced Monday it will send 55 million Covid-19 vaccine doses