Not-for-profit hospitals are struggling to stay afloat, but not for want of trying. While cash on hand is trending downward and major nonprofit hospitals are reporting massive losses, other hospitals have chosen to rigorously pursue compensation from poor patients by misleading them about financial support.
Following the federal...
The new year brings a new surge of COVID-19, this time driven by the Omicron variant which researchers regard somewhat optimistically. Even still, schools are gearing up for a staff shortage as the governor and school administrators vow there won't be school closures. Additionally, the Arizona Department of Health Services released a...
On Wednesday, November 10, the state of Arizona reported 3,794 new cases of COVID-19 and 39 new dates related to COVID-19. The figures came after four straight days of case counts over 3,000, but do not represent a downward trend. This brings the state total of deaths related to COVID-19 to 21,525. Nearly 60% of eligible individuals have...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
According to healthcare consultant group Kaufman Hall, which provides monthly flash reports on hospitals, September saw a decline in operating margins for hospitals of about 18.2%. The report found that volumes were down by nearly every metric, month-over-month.
Almost 20% median margin decline in a single month has shaken analysts,...Arizona News
On Tuesday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it would intervene in three states, including Arizona, revoking their authority to regulate workplace safety. This announcement comes as Governor Doug Ducey's administration is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the federal government over the use of...Arizona News
As designated by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Valleywise Community Health Centers Governing Council is organized to provide governance and oversight of their Federally Qualified Health Center Clinics.
At Valleywise's meeting on July 7, the Governing Council went over HRSA COVID-19 relief funding items and...National News
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit over the Trump administration Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services's (CMS) Medicare Part B pay cuts for outpatient clinic visits at off-campus hospital facilities. In February, the American Hospital Association (AHA), America's Essential Hospitals and the Association of...Open
On Wednesday, June 16, the Arizona Department of Health Services logged 436 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 new deaths. The cases total is now at 888,005 and deaths are now at 17,791 total. The percent positives for COVID-19 tests is 9.9%. Statewide, there are 554 inpatient COVID-19 patients and 120 intensive care unit beds in use by...News
There were 1,977 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on Wednesday, bringing the total cases to 789,245. There were 176 new deaths also reported, bringing the state death count from COVID-19 to 14,462, nearly the population of Paradise Valley.
Arizona COVID deaths reported today will be retroactively reassigned to the dates at...
