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Medicare's reduction in pay for RVUs in 2025 are forcing more independent medical practices to be sold to hospitals. This will lead to higher payments from Medicare and poorer services to patients. Top
A study by Johns Hopkins and Texas Christian University said that in 2021 non profit hospitals were spared $37.4 billion in federal, state and local taxes. Medicare filings from the same year show the hospitals charity care was only $15.2 Billion. This looks like a great deal for the non profits but they say the numbers do not include the charity care to Medicaid patients where the hospitals get paid far less than they should.
The employees of South county Health in Wakefield , Rhode Island, have taken a no confidence vote in their management. This comes after physician resignations and problems with staffing levels and service eliminations. The board of trustees have voted confidence in the management. Someone's head is in the sand.
The nurses of Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut have voted no confidence in their CNO. There have been problems with the old owner and prospective owner and many nurses have left.
At least 24 health systems have dropped a minimum of one Medicare Advantage plan in 2024. The main reason is excessive prior authorization denial rates and slow payments. This should increase in 2025. Humana seems to be the main one being dropped. Top
The British junior physicians have settled their pay dispute with the NHS. The government agreed to increase pay 22.3% over two years and work with the British Medical Association to streamline the way which junior doctors report additional hours they work. All it took was a new government to come into power.
Dr. Jim McCormick , an OB in England, called Lucy Letby a murderer in a hospital meeting in 2016. He was asked by the hospital administration to apologize to the nurse. A year later it began to be noted that indeed she had been committing murder and later was convicted of the crime.
The American Board of Pathology deserves t be sued for millions of dollars for ineptness. The Board had notified dozens of physicians that they had failed an exam when indeed thay had passed. This probably cost them status as well as money thugh no fault of their own. Top
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