hospitals

Mary Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, says the delta variant is sending thousands of mostly unvaccinated patients into hospitals. Health workers are feeling the strain.

Hospitals in the greater Tampa Bay region are seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the fast-spreading delta variant.

As Community Health Systems has downsized, what remain are like zombie hospitals – little more than legal entities still taking patients to court even though the new owners don't sue.

While false alarms are to be expected, such frequent charges for little if any treatment suggest some hospitals see the alerts as much as a money spigot as a clinical emergency tool, claims consultants say.

Policies mandating company approval before talking publicly about conditions in hospitals have been a source of conflict. An appeals court decision could lead to a change in those policies.

A Trump administration rule mandating that hospitals disclose true prices on their websites took effect this year. But compliance is spotty and even when figures are public, they are hard to find and understand.

A Colorado Springs college student never learned the cause of intense pain that drove her to an emergency room, but she was billed $722 each time a nurse pushed a syringe into an IV.

The practice of housing children who are in psychiatric crisis in local ERs — often for days, while they await appropriate in-patient treatment — has become even more prevalent during the pandemic.

After facing nearly a dozen challenges from hospitals across the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has withdrawn a series of proposed rules related to regulating highly specialized health care services.

The decision bolstered the case brought by three Sarasota County private hospitals that contend they should be reimbursed for indigent care, at least in part because of a 2003 state law.