Savvy business owners know that the market demand for home health services is only likely to increase in coming years. We have the aging boomer population to thank for this business opportunity, as more and more are choosing to stay at home as opposed to go into a...
Physician groups throughout the country found themselves facing new obstacles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Private practices implemented new technology for virtual appointments, increased the personal protective equipment (PPE) needs and saw an increase in patients...
Healthcare executives who have recently lost their job or who are currently under review are wise to take the matter seriously. In some cases, these actions are signs of a bigger problem: a federal investigation. The federal investigation could result in concerns of...
Texas lawmakers have stepped up how they are handling data breach reporting by amending its breach notification law. The following will discuss the breach notification law and point out how the amendment will broaden its application in the future. The amendment is set...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others who work within the healthcare profession to change the way they practice medicine. Throughout the pandemic, physicians were looking for a way to help their patients without putting them at...
Texas has a shortage of facilities needed to meet residents’ psychiatric needs. The state has suffered from years of underfunding in this critical area of healthcare. As of March 2021, the state’s 10 public psychiatric hospitals reported a waitlist of almost 1,500...
Hospital merger and acquisition (M&A) deals continue to thrive through 2021. Just this month, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced the sale of five hospitals to Steward Health Care. Those with information on the deal expect the billion-dollar deal to close in...
Leaders behind what would have been a billion-dollar healthcare merger recently announced plans to walk away from the deal. The merger of the two community focused healthcare systems would have resulted in an $11.5 billion system. The announcement provides an...
The feds are aggressively pursuing allegations of healthcare fraud related to relaxed regulations and incentives to help address the pandemic. In a recent example, the government charged 14 people with healthcare fraud related to the pandemic. They claim that those...
The pandemic forced us to reevaluate how we work. In an effort to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19, we shifted a large portion of our workforce to remote status. This provided an opportunity not just to increase the safety of our workforce, but also to see if a...
