The state of Arizona reported 2,106 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 22. There were 74 new COVID-related deaths. In hospitals, 31% of adult intensive care unit (ICU) beds are currently in use by COVID-19 patients and statewide, only 9% of adult ICU beds remain available, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services...
Thanks to a partnership with Dr. Mandeep Sahani, a Phoenix-based nephrologist with Desert Kidney Associates, patients in Globe, AZ and surrounding areas in immediate need of dialysis don’t have to travel by helicopter or ambulance to Phoenix.
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center CEO Neal Jensen,
Overall, it’s been nothing but a...CMS Rules
On Sunday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two proposed rules for inpatient and long-term care hospitals. The first aims to fund medical residency positions in hospitals in rural and underserved communities in order to address workforce shortages in those areas and would require hospitals to report COVID-19...
There were 742 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on May 5, bringing the state total to 866,022 since testing began. There were 5 new deaths and the total is now 17,360. Intensive care unit beds are 11% occupied by COVID-19 patients and 15% of beds remain available.
This information comes from the Arizona Department of Health...
Resources in Indian country in the Southwestern United States are being tested to their fullest extent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Navajo Nation, which stretches across the Northeastern corner of Arizona, reports 322 cases of coronavirus and rising, and the along with other rural Arizona communities, it lacks the resources...Arizona News
Safety net hospitals are set to be the winners from the new Medicaid reimbursement rules under the Hospitals Readmissions Reduction Program that categorizes hospitals into five groups based on the percentage of a hospital’s patient population participating in dual enrollment of Medicare and Medicaid.
A new study, published in...National News
A CBS News investigation found some rural hospitals have become hugely profitable because insurance providers reimburse them at much higher rates. These out-of-the-way hospitals have become gold mines for enterprising health care executives looking for a way to quietly make a quick buck.
The investigation reveals how an attorney in...National News
Published in Health Affairs this week, authors test a theory that Medicaid expansion prevents hospital closures.
Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act were about six times less likely to close than hospitals in non-expansion states. In AHA Today, we learn Medicaid expansion was associated with...National News
80 rural hospitals have closed since 2010.
Attempting to adapt by cutting services, pregnant women are put at risk.
Read about how care in rural hospitals is impacted in Reuters...
