Direct Care
What is the Visual Snow Initiative?
VSI founder Sierra Domb takes Healthcare Brew behind the scenes of dealing with a not-quite-rare disease.
Quinn Sental
Quinn Sental studies journalism and data science at NYU, making them good with words and numbers but bad with sleep schedules. Quinn is an editor at WNYU’s news show The Rundown, and the business & technology editor at the IR Insider. They’re also just very happy to be here.
Hospitals & Facilities
Healthcare labor shortages may be easing up, Bank of America report finds
But overall, healthcare employment levels are still below what they should be.
Payers
How buy and bill works
The buy-and-build model explained in terms you’d understand (i.e., crocheted bees).
Making Rounds
Barnes–Jewish College Library Director Renee Gorrell on the power of nurses
No longer just physicians’ helpers, Gorrell thinks nurses are “the backbone of healthcare as we see it today.”
Hospitals & Facilities
The challenging feedback loop of unsustainability in the healthcare industry
From finances to labor, the healthcare sector needs to start thinking long-term—but what does that look like?
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Hospitals & Facilities
New USCIS visa processing fees may affect hospital recruiting
With a 2,050% higher processing fee for the H-1B visa, will hiring foreign-trained nurses still be a viable option?
Payers
UnitedHealth Group is paying over $3.3 billion in relief programs for care providers
While Change Healthcare works to get back up and running, UnitedHealth Group is aiding care providers affected by the cyberattack.
Tech
Digital tools may ease inequities in maternal healthcare, report finds
It’ll all boil down to equity-centered design, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Direct Care
Biden administration bans asbestos as part of Cancer Moonshot initiative
Asbestos, a known carcinogen, is linked to more than 40,000 deaths a year.
Payers
The US government opens probe into Change cyberattack
Among its goals, the Department of Health aims to ascertain if “protected health information” was breached.