Jeff Lagasse
Bad debt exceeds $10 million at a third of healthcare organizations and leaders lack confidence about how much is recoverable, according to a new study.
Rural hospitals have been closing their doors at a record clip in recent years, losing revenue as patients have opted for larger medical centers and retail clinics.
The trend in nursing mirrors a larger trend occurring across the healthcare industry with double-digit percentage differences between the salaries of men and women.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. physicians report feeling burned-out, depressed or both, affecting their relationships with patients and colleagues.
This is the second year in a row in which the index has found an increase in the potential industry savings that could be achieved with full adoption of electronic transactions.
A more concerted effort by pharmaceutical companies to drive medication adherence could help them increase their sales growth and margin profile.
About 47 percent of physicians who indicated they had been harassed said they were harassed by another physician.
Of the participating providers, 56.2 percent reported an increase in patients who were seeing a doctor or other healthcare provider for the first time in years.
One expert sees the root of the trend in an environment that's still largely volume-driven.
More than six in 10 said that a 15 percent increase in premiums would make their current group health insurance coverage unaffordable.