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Health care
Company aims to buy and restore struggling rural hospitals in Tennessee
by
Blake Farmer
Mar 24, 2022
For rural communities, a key question: Can a new company that is taking over ownership restore confidence in the care the local hospital provides?
Pandemic price gouging complaints raise staff tensions with traveling nurses
by
Blake Farmer
Feb 15, 2022
Hospitals say that staffing agencies charge too much for providing traveling nurses. The nurses say they're the ones doing the heavy lifting.
Shift to health services shows signs of success for big pharmacy chains
Feb 9, 2022
CVS has found a positive side effect of providing vaccines — increased retail sales. But what happens when vaccinations slow down?
Nashville VC fund invests in health startups led by Black entrepreneurs
by
Blake Farmer
Jan 27, 2022
One goal is to address inequities in health care, and to help make sure those inequities don't get worse as medicine relies more on big data.
Labor Department outlines unlawful imbalance in coverage between mental, physical care services
Jan 25, 2022
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the department will ramp up legal enforcement: “We need to make sure people are covered.”
Share your story: Have you experienced a health parity violation?
Jan 24, 2022
The Department of Labor's parity report finds that mental health care is treated unfairly by insurers.
Hospitals try to manage omicron surge along with staff shortages
Jan 10, 2022
Many U.S. hospitals report being critically short-staffed. Some are reducing beds and services or bringing back infected workers.
For public good, not for profit.
Omicron is straining medical supply chains and this small practice
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 5, 2022
A rural family physician discusses shortages of medications, hospital staff and beds for COVID-19 patients.
Ban on surprise medical bills goes into effect
Jan 4, 2022
The No Surprises Act, which Congress passed more than a year ago, went into effect Jan. 1. It makes many surprise medical bills illegal.
Could paid family caregivers alleviate the home health worker shortage?
by
Alli Fam
Jan 3, 2022
Medicaid sometimes pays family members to provide in-home care for relatives. But the programs vary from state to state.