Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers
Cross-market deals accounted for more than half of all hospital mergers and acquisitions during the last decade, according to a paper from experts on antitrust law.
Cross-market deals accounted for more than half of all hospital mergers and acquisitions during the last decade, according to a paper from experts on antitrust law.
We are facing a national crisis in healthcare: Tens of thousands of frontline nurses have fled the profession, and those left behind say they are burnt out and fed up with chronic understaffing at their hospitals.
While recent state-specific data is hard to find, hospitals here reported nearly 10,000 violent incidents in 2021, up nearly 15% from 2019, according to an industry report issued last year.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other critics of Rutgers University’s recent decision to merge its two medical school campuses are alarmed at what the move could mean for the future of Newark’s University Hospital, a critical lifeline to the area’s
New Jersey lawmakers agreed to boost funding by about $35 million for University Hospital in Newark as part of the last-minute budget negotiations that added more than a billion dollars to the proposed state spending plan for the fiscal year
State’s biggest health insurance company says it must restructure to compete, but critics warn coverage for 2M residents could be imperiled
At the height of the COVID pandemic three years ago, my nursing colleagues and I were struggling to keep patients alive. Since then, we’ve faced many surges in COVID cases.
Trenton Legislators heard Our Voices, as we called on them to pass an effective, enforceable staffing ratio bill to keep patients safe, keep us safe, and stop the bleed of nurses leaving the profession at alarming rates. It was a
Nurses say New Jersey hospitals continue to be critically understaffed and therefore less safe, with far fewer medical professionals to attend to patients.
New Jersey ranks among the 10 states with the most unfilled registered nurse positions with 13,404, according to Adzuna, a job listing site