In 2010, Memorial Medical Center, a small hospital in rural San Augustine, Texas, saw its financial losses grow along with demand from patients who could not afford to pay. The hospital's subsidies for free medical care to low-income patients swallowed 4.5% of its budget by the end of the year.
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There's no shortage of ironies when it comes to healthcare reform. The latest comes from the decision by over two dozen states to opt out of starting their own health insurance exchanges.
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Gagged by their supply contracts, some hospitals have devised a simple way to educate physicians about the cost of pricey implants: using color-coded stickers to indicate the level of a device's price.
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Momentum is building among House leaders to draft and introduce legislation this year that would repeal Medicare's troublesome sustainable growth-rate formula used to pay physicians, but upcoming budget battles could thwart those efforts.
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Democrats floated a new plan to avoid cuts to Medicare and other health programs, but it stands little chance of succeeding. The American Family Economic Protection Act was introduced Feb. 14 to replace the 2% Medicare provider and insurer cuts scheduled to begin March 1 along with a series of tax...
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The Catholic Health Association says the latest federal rules on birth control coverage are an improvement. But the trade group for Roman Catholic hospitals said it won't make a final judgment until it canvasses its members. Religious leaders have been seeking a broader exemption from HHS'...
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In 2010, Memorial Medical Center, a small hospital in rural San Augustine, Texas, saw its financial losses grow along with demand from patients who could not afford to pay. The hospital's subsidies for free medical care to low-income patients swallowed 4.5% of its budget by the end of the year.
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If the business model for the health insurance industry has to change, so should its leadership. That's the strategy that WellPoint is taking by tapping a hospital executive as its new CEO.
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The Obama administration and healthcare reform advocates celebrated after a number of Republican-run states decided to expand Medicaid. Their celebrations may have been premature, however.The problem? Some of those expansions may run into opposition from the CMS.
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It's all about location. A Medicare patient discharged after surgery in Bend, Ore., has a 7.6% chance of ending up back in the hospital within 30 days. But if that patient calls the Bronx in New York City home, the likelihood that he or she will be readmitted more than doubles, jumping to 18.3%.
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President Barack Obama's blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of healthcare in his State of the Union address left industry leaders to speculate how far the administration will go toward reforming Medicare to reduce the nation's deficit—and which programs will take the hardest hit in the...
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The decades-old quest to bring artificial intelligence to bear on everyday healthcare decisionmaking is moving inexorably forward, according to health informatics experts.
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Thanks to a proposed CMS rule change, dietitians and other clinicians at hospitals will be able to do the jobs they were trained for without having to hunt down a physician to supervise them.
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There are signs that Americans are paying closer attention to eating healthier and that food producers and restaurants are making it easier to do so.
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The penalty to health systems for criminally defrauding Medicare is so extreme—sudden closure of a community hospital—that it actually prevents prosecutors from filing more cases like the one seen in North Carolina recently.
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Modern Healthcare's 11th annual Business Graduate Schools for Physician Executives Survey is now open for participation. This survey is intended for U.S. education...
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While several of the technologies cited on the Top 10 C-Suite Watch List have appeared in previous years, much of the focus this year is on the economic impact of new technology on hospital margins.
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At Castlewood Treatment Center, patients with eating disorders receive intensive, one-on-one therapy at three estate-like residential campuses nestled in the hills of St. Louis.
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Though it might seem counterintuitive, healthcare design experts are saying standardization is the key to flexibility—and the ability to be flexible can mean the difference between going ahead with a construction project or going through another round of costly planning and trying to predict...
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Gagged by their supply contracts, some hospitals have devised a simple way to educate physicians about the cost of pricey implants: using color-coded stickers to indicate the level of a device's price.
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North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is facing a widening legal battle over allegations that it failed to notify hundreds of patients—including a doctor working at the system—that an identity-theft ring had stolen their unprotected confidential information.
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NEW YORK—Bellevue Hospital Center in New York announced it has started to admit patients again after damage from superstorm Sandy in October forced the hospital to evacuate more than 700 patients and close. The hospital is one of two owned by New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
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NORMAN, Okla.—The Federal Trade Commission bestowed a rare approval on a proposed arrangement between a large group of Oklahoma doctors and a local hospital, even though people involved with the new network admit that they plan to raise some prices. In a 21-page advisory opinion, FTC...
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RENTON, Wash.—Providence Health & Services will have another physician as its president and CEO. Dr. Rod Hochman was promoted to lead the 26-hospital Catholic healthcare system. Hochman, 57, is one of two Providence group presidents. He will succeed Dr. John Koster starting July 1. In...
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There's no shortage of ironies when it comes to healthcare reform. The latest comes from the decision by over two dozen states to opt out of starting their own health insurance exchanges.
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Consumers have come to expect the conveniences that come with digital transactions. From checking clothing prices at multiple stores to keeping your bank account in your hand, the Internet in tandem with mobile devices has revolutionized the speed and ease of vast swaths of economic activity.
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Your recent coverage of the Journal of American Medical Association study on hospice care (“Hospice use increases but aggressive care still common,”) gives this important subject the attention it deserves and...
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A list of the nation's 20 largest U.S. medical device manufacturers, ranked by healthcare equipment revenue as of Feb. 1, 2013. Source: S&P Capital IQ. Published Feb. 18, 2013, p. 42.
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Outliers was a little puzzled last week when we read that the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden was without healthcare after leaving the service last fall after 16 years.
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Think of it as a digital ID card for buying medical marijuana. An enterprising Birmingham, Mich., company has developed digital identification cards that can be used at pay-as-you-go kiosks for transactions at marijuana dispensaries.
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