In the first half of 2022, 7.5 million Medicare users accessed telehealth services to receive healthcare. During that same time, there were about 45 million Medicare telehealth-eligible users. This is according to the Medicare Telehealth Trends Report, which looked at telehealth usage by...
As promised, the White House is giving ample notice—the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end on May 11. In a statement January 30, the White House said it would end the PHE, which has allowed hospitals and other providers a number of compliance and other waivers to help ease the...
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is now extended. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra issued the renewal on January 11. The typically 90-day extension would then last through April 11, 2023.
A program that features peer support is helping healthcare workers at Bon Secours Mercy Health address behavioral health issues. Healthcare worker burnout has reached alarming proportions during the coronavirus pandemic, a healthcare worker well-being expert told HealthLeaders. Prior to...
Employees experience less burnout when they believe their organizational policies are genuine and their leaders demonstrate empathy when creating those policies, according to a survey of nearly 7,000 employees in 14 countries.
Recent guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommend that individuals exposed to COVID-19 quarantine until testing negative, as has been the case for the past two years.