by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth Oct 23, 2017 5:06pm A new Reuters analysis finds that collectively, hospitals have been paying billions to recruit and retain nurses—offering higher salaries, signing bonuses and even repaying student loans—to address the nationwide nurse shortage. The [...]

By KATIE THOMAS OCT. 23, 2017 NYTIMES One of the workhorses of Clarke County Hospital, a 25-bed facility in rural Osceola, Iowa, is an unassuming product known as a Mini-Bag. It is a small, fluid-filled bag used by nurses to dilute [...]

The healthcare provider is set to launch its own pharmacy benefits unit by MedPage Today Staff October 18, 2017 After years of speculation, Anthem, Inc. has finally pulled the plug on its partnership with pharmacy benefits management system Express Scripts Holding [...]

by Jamie Metzgar The Federalist As the GOP’s latest, half-hearted effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act crashed and burned this summer, the Left celebrated. President Obama’s signature policy lives. Still, it’s not at all certain that it won’t soon succumb [...]

Regulations often require that nurses do simple tasks like administer eyedrops. By Paul Osterman – Wall Street Journal Sept. 12, 2017 6:53 p.m. ET As baby boomers age into long-term care facilities, Medicaid costs will go through the roof. Americans already spend—counting [...]

New research from Princeton’s Alan Krueger suggests link between falling workforce participation and rising painkiller prescriptions Ben Leubsdorf - The Wall Street Journal New research suggests a significant portion of the post-1990s decline in labor-force participation among Americans in their prime [...]

by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealthcareFinance Feb 1, 2017 12:25pm President Donald Trump maintained a pledge he kept throughout his election campaign and told big pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday they must make prescription drugs more affordable. “The U.S. drug companies have produced [...]