With the courts resuming normal operations following two years of pandemic-related delays, many hospitals and health systems are seeing their medical malpractice expenses surge. According to a report from STAT News, the payouts to patients and families harmed by medical errors…
Insurers are encountering rate increases and closer scrutiny from reinsurers ahead of the Jan. 1 renewal season, according to reports. That could mean even higher premium rates for customers. Insurers are nearing the end of negotiations with reinsurers, which are…
By Katheryn Houghton | KHN Montana is signaling it might step away from an innovative way of setting the prices its public employee health plan pays hospitals for services, an approach that has saved the state millions of dollars and…
A recent survey shows that one in four U.S. medical care workers are considering switching careers, primarily due to burnout. According to Bain & Company’s recent U.S. Frontline of Healthcare survey, around a third of clinicians are considering switching employers, while…
By Fred Clasen-Kelly | KHN SANFORD, N.C. — Before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Andrew Bush treated as many as 1,000 patients every month in his orthopedics practice. Now he worries about going bankrupt. The surgeon is among a dwindling number…
A growing number of hospitals are outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest patients by setting up independent, nonprofit organizations to provide primary care. Medicare and Medicaid pay these clinics, known as federally qualified health center look-alikes, significantly more than they…
A new study suggests that patients treated by burned-out doctors may face additional risks in their care. A new review published in The BMJ found that physicians experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents…
In what appears to be a first, a Texas jury awarded Baylor College of Medicine a $48.5 million award for losses incurred during the COVID pandemic that its property insurance should have covered. The verdict comes as all types of…
Cybercriminals turned their sights on healthcare organizations in the second quarter of 2022, with a 90% increase in attacks, according to research from Kroll. The consulting firm believes ransomware groups have ended their “truce” on attacks against healthcare organizations stemming from…
By Lauren Sausser When Jennifer Lucier and her husband found out they were expecting a baby in 2016, they immediately made three phone calls. The first was to her mother. The second was to her husband’s family. And the third…
