August 2023

Erica Carbajal Companies are avoiding hard layoffs but still cutting jobs by reassigning employees to different roles — a trend dubbed “quiet cutting,” The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 27. From August 2022 to August 2023, mentions of “reassignment” or similar phrasing during company earnings calls more than tripled, according to data from financial research

Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) On the surface, gas stations and urgent care centers don’t have a lot in common. But a deeper dive into their business models reveals striking similarities, Lou Ellen Horwitz, CEO of the Urgent Care Association, told KFF Health News. Both involve opening easy-to-find locations, catering to walk-in customers and accepting multiple payment

Alexis Kayser (Email) You’ve probably heard of the “glass ceiling”: the social barrier that prevents women’s advancement to top leadership roles. Now, a similar term has been coined for those without a bachelor’s degree: the “paper ceiling.” The term was popularized by Opportunity@Work, a nonprofit organization that encourages upward mobility and economic opportunity for workers

Molly Gamble (Twitter) Healthcare is increasingly inundated with “middlemen, actors and sub-actors” — companies devoted to niche causes that promise to fill perceived gaps in the healthcare system, according to Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan. In a column for Forbes, Dr. Jain contrasts today’s “Frankenstein healthcare system—pieced

Molly Gamble (Twitter) – Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has made his ambition to improve healthcare known since the launch of his generic pharmacy in January 2021. His preferred methods to do so may not resemble those of other healthcare executives. Mr. Cuban, known for owning the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and starring

Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) – Thursday, August 10th, 2023 Hospital administrators and physicians must maintain strong working relationships to ensure a healthcare organization is functioning effectively. However, this is sometimes easier said than done, considering the two stakeholders’ different accountabilities and perspectives. Becker’s asked healthcare leaders to share one misunderstanding that persists between administrators and physicians.

Molly Gamble The home might grow noisy and crowded in the years to come. One of healthcare’s few likelihoods for any strategic plan is that, more and more, medical care once delivered in brick-and-mortar facilities will move into patients’ homes. But as comforting as that well-accepted probability may be in an industry eager for any