The for-profit system said same-hospital admissions in the second quarter grew by about 3% compared with a year ago, while ambulatory surgical cases grew 6.6%.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/tenet-healthcare-q2-profits-saum-sutaria

Skilled nursing faciltiies will receive a higher Medicare pay bump in fiscal 2024 than the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed in April.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/policy/nursing-homes-medicare-pay-2024-cms-final-rule

Providers, payers, purchasers and other organizations have plenty of opportunities to further dismantle bias, write two healthcare leaders.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/opinion/opinion-start-top-address-structural-inequity-sachin-jain-cms-daniel-wolfson-ahim-foundation

Federal authorities allege the home health agency Four Seasons violated the law by acceding to patients demanding not to be treated by Black and Hispanic employees.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/eeoc-ny-four-seasons-home-health-care-agency-racial-discrimination

The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model will offer providers and community-based organizations enhanced payments to connect patients to services.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/policy/medicare-dementia-cms-guide-guiding-improved-dementia-experience

Fairview, which continues to report operating losses, will be compelled to find another partner to stabilize its financial situation, industry observers said.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/sanford-fairview-merger-whats-next

The popularity of GLP-1s and growing numbers of telehealth companies have combined to bring more patients into traditional weight loss clinics looking for the medications.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/digital-health/wegovy-ozempic-weight-loss-glp-1-telehealth

Post-Roe, pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are expected to rise. Advocates say it’s important to gather maternal mortality data to understand the life-or-death consequences of the restrictions. But determining whether those deaths were due to an inability to obtain an abortion can be difficult.

via Undark Magazine https://undark.org/2023/07/31/why-its-hard-to-track-maternal-deaths-under-abortion-bans/

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave hospice providers a reimbursement bump for next year, along with a warning about fraud and waste.

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Medical and RV industry professionals say hospitals offering RV parking are easing access to healthcare for some patients driving long distances for treatment.

via Section Page News - Modern Healthcare https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/hospitals-allow-rv-living-ease-rural-healthcare-burden-ohsu-hospital-portland-oregon