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Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review Nonprofit hospital expenses dropped from November to December and had low single digit growth year over year, according to Kaufman Hall’s “National Hospital Flash Report,” released Jan. 30. The data shows overall expenses per calendar day declined 2% month over month and grew 4% year over year in December,…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare Finance General acute care hospitals are projected to get a 3.2% increase in operating payment rates under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System proposed rule released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS estimates that payments to hospitals will increase in 2023 by $1.6 billion. The…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Thirty-six hospitals and health systems are among the nation’s best employers for diversity, according to Forbes. Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista for the rankings, which are based on a survey Statista conducted among 60,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. The survey, conducted from September-October…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Eight health systems made Fortune‘s 100 Best Companies to Work for list this year. For its list, Fortune surveyed more than 870,000 employees. The survey enabled employees to share confidential quantitative and qualitative feedback about their company’s culture by responding to 60 statements on a five-point scale and answering two open-ended questions. All…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance News After a rough end to 2021 in terms of job losses, healthcare appears to be on the rebound – for now. The latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed hospitals gaining jobs in January, though the industry is still below the levels seen before…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital were named the top three hospitals in the world in 2022 by Newsweek. For its fourth annual ranking, the magazine, in collaboration with consumer research company Statista, ranked hospitals in 27 countries. The ranking, published March 2,…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Over the pandemic, many patients have avoided going to the hospital unless absolutely necessary, citing fears of contracting COVID-19. But a new study suggests those fears may have been overblown. Rates of acquiring COVID-19 during a hospital stay are low, with only about 1.8% of patients contracting…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare Finance News Healthgrades has released its list of the 250, 100 and 50 best hospitals for clinical excellence. The list of 250 represents the top 5% in the nation for 2022. When culled down to lists of the top 100 and top 50, these hospitals represent the top 2% and 1%, respectively, of hospitals nationwide. The top…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review In fiscal year 2022, CMS will penalize 2,499 hospitals for having too many Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days, according to federal data analyzed by Kaiser Health News. This is the 10th year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. To determine penalties for fiscal year 2022, CMS used patient…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare News Higher expenses for labor, drugs and supplies as well as a continuation of delayed care during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is projected to cost hospitals an estimated $54 billion in net income over the course of this year, according to a new Kaufman Hall analysis released by the American Hospital Association. Hospitals…