Healthcare workers have been feeling burned out, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated labor challenges. And now, healthcare executives are feeling burned out, too, according to a recent survey.

While economic headwinds and rising interest rates have put a damper on mergers and acquisitions across the healthcare industry in the second half of 2022, health services deals are likely to be on the up and up next year.

Ed Gaines, JD, vice president of regulatory affairs and industry liaison, Zotec Partners, discussed the impact of the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule on radiology at RSNA 2022 in Chicago last week. RSNA and several other medical societies say the cuts are not sustainable.

Healthcare groups are largely excited by a new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that aims to streamline prior authorization and reduce burden on healthcare providers.

A Northern California nurses union has approved their new employment deal with Kaiser Permanente after negotiating a 22.5% wage increase. 

It is an announcement many interventional cardiologists have been waiting to hear for a long time. 

Ed Gaines, JD, CCP, vice president of regulatory affairs and industry liaison, Zotec Partners, discusses the impact of the No Surprises Act on healthcare and medical imaging at the RSNA 2022 meeting

Prior authorization, which requires healthcare providers to get approval from insurance providers before giving certain treatments to patients, has been long-hailed as extremely burdensome to physicians, even causing delays in patient care.