Many hospitals in the United States raked in more money during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially due to an infusion of funds from the federal government, according to a new study. About three-quarters of the hospitals analyzed by researchers had a positive net operating income in 2020 and 2021. That was…
Physician-Owned Hospitals Foster Competition and Reduce Costs, Doctors Say
July 20, 2023
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Dr. Terry Gerard became a doctor because he wanted to help people. The emergency room physician from Durant, Oklahoma, told The Epoch Times that he now feels he spends more time helping insurance companies get paid than he spends with his patients. “Medicine has a lot of bureaucracy; it creates a barrier between the patient…
Ontario Hospitals Prepare and Brace for Summer ER Staffing Challenges
Hospitals in smaller and rural Ontario communities have been recruiting, training, and poring over schedules in the hopes of avoiding another summer wave of temporary ER closures—though the problem never really went away. Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even days at a time during the summer of 2022….
Nova Scotia Fire Marshal’s Office Failing to Manage Fire and Building Safety: Auditor
Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the provincial Fire Marshal’s office is putting the public at risk in failing to manage fire and building safety despite repeated warnings in a series of audits. Kim Adair says her report is the third since 2001 that has made similar findings and has also determined that the Fire Marshal’s…
Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Workers Drop Universal Mask Policies
May 3, 2023
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In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…
Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Facilities to Drop Universal Mask Policies
May 3, 2023
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In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…
Some Ontario Hospitals and Health-Care Centres Relax Masking Rules for Staff, Patients
Several hospitals and health-care centres in southwestern Ontario are relaxing masking requirements for staff, patients, and visitors to their facilities, saying that the change is in compliance with Public Health Ontario’s guidance. An April 13 statement issued by Windsor Regional Hospital said it, along with Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and the Erie Shores HealthCare, are modifying mandatory…
Hospitals Caught up in Significant IT Outage
One of Victoria’s major healthcare providers, Eastern Health, is dealing with a significant IT system outage that is affecting one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. Eastern Health operates Angliss Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Maroondah Hospital, Wantirna Health and Yarra Ranges Health, among other services in an around Victoria. The outage, which has forced the…
EXCLUSIVE: Florida’s DeSantis Hopes to Let Hospital Immunity Related to COVID Die, Insider Says
January 19, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to let a controversial law giving hospitals immunity related to COVID-19 expire in June, a high-ranking official in the administration told The Epoch Times on the condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for DeSantis declined to comment on the information. Hearing that their governor won’t seek to extend the law thrilled…
Medicare Advisory Board Recommends Congress Raise Medicare Payment Rates to Hospitals, Doctors
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously on Jan. 12 to recommend increased Medicare payment rates for hospitals and physicians next year while simultaneously slashing fees to skilled nursing facilities amid labor shortages and increases costs. MedPAC, a nonpartisan independent legislative branch agency that makes payment and policy recommendations to Congress on Medicare issues, approved a string…
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