Hospital margins and revenues improved in August as patient volumes subsided, according to recent analysis. Perhaps most notably, there are some indications that hospital labor volatility is stabilizing.
The Fitch Ratings analysis included jobs data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and showed that hospitals gained 9,600 jobs...
Households in which all members are Medicare beneficiaries spend more on healthcare than households in which none of the members are covered by Medicare, according to a new study.
The report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Households Spend More on Health Care Than Other Households, used data from the Bureau of Labor...
A report last week from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) highlights the challenges healthcare workers (HCWs) faced during the pandemic, including exhaustion, burnout and trauma.
The report, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hospital and...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have fallen out of the national spotlight but the healthcare industry is still suffering difficulties with staffing shortages across the country. Healthcare workers, specifically nurses, have grappled with insufficient employee protections and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has worsened staffing...
The number of employees in the private sector receiving health benefits from their jobs reached 69 percent in March, up from 67 percent in 2017 - the first rise since 2012.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in March these findings:
55 percent of private industry workers in small establishments (those with fewer than 100...
Hospital prices increased 2.2 percent in December, the fastest rate in four years, according to an analysis by Altarum, a nonprofit health-care research organization.
The group analyzes data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources to estimate the underlying prices that health plans and consumers pay for medical goods...
