Hospitals bracing for four-year nursing shortage by partnering with colleges
Healthcare Finance NewsThe nursing shortage currently challenging healthcare systems across the country will continue to impact hospital margins for the next three to four years, thanks largely to the labor-related solutions necessary to bridge the gaps in staffing. That's according to a new report from Moody's Investor Service.
Why Is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Some of the Reasons You’ve Heard Turn Out to Be Myths
The New York Times
Analyzing a paper published in The Journal of the American Medical Association that compares U.S. health care with care in other countries, many oft-cited reasons for bloated health-care spend aren't accurate. But one of the two that held true (which most involved in RCM likely already know): "Our complex payment system causes us to spend far more on administrative costs."