By Andis Robeznieks and Rachel Landen | July 17, 2013
| Basic Web
The June job report showed gains for the healthcare sector with almost 20,000 new positions. But the industry's job outlook is still anything but stable as two healthcare systems reported plans to shed hundreds of jobs. FULL STORY »
Faced with the prospect of Congress and regulators stepping in to do it for them, the Healthcare Financial Management Association is crafting new standards for the delicate matter of medical debt. FULL STORY »
Two low-income Illinois women have filed a lawsuit claiming a new definition of charity care for tax-exempt hospitals violates the state constitution. FULL STORY »
As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps. FULL STORY »
Prime Healthcare Services, Ontario, Calif., has received the go-ahead from the Kansas attorney general's office to buy two hospitals in the state. FULL STORY »
California hospitals are decrying a bill supported by organized labor that threatens to strip tax exemptions from profitable not-for-profit hospitals in the state. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | March 16, 2013
| Print Magazine
Hospitals in states that elect not to expand their Medicaid programs could find their bottom lines squeezed in the coming years as they're hit with higher charity-care costs and fewer insured patients than envisioned under the federal healthcare reform law. A report from Moody's Investors Service... FULL STORY »
Hospitals in states that elect not to expand their Medicaid programs could find their bottom lines squeezed in coming years as they're hit with higher charity-care costs and fewer insured patients. FULL STORY »
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