Posted in

Teamsters call off strike at trucking company with KC ties after deal to keep benefits

Teamsters from Yellow Corporation announced Monday that The Central States Health and Welfare fund will extend health care benefits for workers at the trucking company, at least temporarily averting a strike, according to a press release from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Union members had planned to strike starting midnight on Sunday due to the companies’ plans to end health care and retirement benefits for workers and their families. On Friday, The Star reported a federal judge in Kansas ruled in favor of the Teamsters, saying they had a right to strike as part of their labor dispute. The Central…
Posted in

Private equity and creating and fostering a culture of health care compliance

July 20, 2023 – Private equity investment in health care can be lucrative. Yet, health care and private equity can often seem antithetical: One is driven by patient care and compliance while the other is motivated to make a quick profit. To coexist successfully (and profitably), private equity must fully appreciate all the potential compliance risks and requirements of a target health care entity before making an investment and work to implement, overhaul or update a target’s health care compliance programs once acquired. Our four-part playbook for investors new to the health care sector provides an overview of precautions, a…
Posted in

Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda for premiers

OTTAWA – The last time all of Canada’s premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages threatening the viability of their health systems. When they sit down in Winnipeg for their annual summer gathering this week, the attention will turn more to how to use the new money Ottawa has now promised. After two years of provincial pleading and sabre rattling for a new health care deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally put new money on the table…
Posted in

Trans patients share what it’s like to seek health care: ‘Treated without any humanity’

A few weeks ago, River Smith visited his primary care doctor in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area because he needed a new prescription for testosterone and the estrogen blocker he took as part of his gender-affirming care. That’s when he learned some news that upset him. “They weren’t prescribing any medication,” the 40-year-old tells TODAY.com. “With the laws just passing … they were waiting for the Florida medical board to come up with their plan of action.” In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law that made headlines for banning trans children from receiving gender-affirming care. But the new…