Today's Hospitalist
MAY 16, 2025
A struggle for enough staffing When the federal government launched the readmission penalty program in 2013, staff with OSF HealthCare knew their readmission rates fueled by bouncebacks from SNFs were running between 18% and 25%. Contracting with an outside company brought the coverage and care coordination needed to prevent readmissions.
The Physicians Foundation
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 Key findings include: 1. health spending, with spending on Medicare falling to 3.4% and Medicaid to 4.3%.
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FDA Law Blog
APRIL 6, 2025
Andrew draws on his government experience investigating and prosecuting violations of the FDC Act, the Controlled Substances Act, the False Claims Act, and other federal healthcare laws to now represent clients facing those issues. During law school, Julie obtained practical litigation and transactional experience.
ABIM
JUNE 24, 2025
Gertz, MD, MACP, Chair, ABIM Hematology Board The Hematology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on May 2, 2025. A representative from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) joined for a portion of the meeting*.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2023
She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. For others, this piece, while painful to read, gave voice to what they have been feeling over the last decade – hospice has in some ways lost its way in a quest of promoting profit over care.
GeriPal
JANUARY 20, 2023
She was a member of the committee that wrote the National Academy’s report that we’re going to be talking about today on Improving Nursing Home Quality. We’re going to be talking about improving nursing home quality. I know you’ve been a strong advocate for nursing home patients particularly in California.
GeriPal
JANUARY 11, 2024
Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. It is the slippery slope made real. Oh my gosh.
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