Jeff Lagasse
As commercial health plans and others fortify their strategy for preventive care, one opportunity is to leverage an existing retail footprint.
Preventing the spread of infections could save as much as $41 million in healthcare costs and improve outcomes for those living with the virus.
Opioid prescribing remains far higher in the U.S. than in other countries, despite efforts to reduce inappropriate prescribing.
HCSC also plans to add about 1,000 new jobs this year, primarily in customer and provider service, technology and digital capabilities.
With a labor-intensive budgeting process that provided little business value, OSF Healthcare decided it was time to be more flexible.
Biden's plan would cover an additional 15 to 20 million people, compared to 20 to 30 million for Buttigieg, about 35 million for Sanders and Warren.
There was a 2% drop in ICU deaths at non-minority hospitals, but the same improvement rate was not seen at minority-serving hospitals.
What was particularly troubling is that the trend appears to be getting worse, with the salary gap widening over time.
Surgeons provide only a small share of the postoperative care that is built into the payments they receive from Medicare.
The hospitals cited persistent health inequities in the region despite effort and investment from the State of Illinois and the local community.