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Fitch cites 'systemic shifts' for lower admissions
By Melanie Evans | June 27, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The economy is likely not the only culprit behind an ongoing slowdown in hospital admissions, according to Fitch Ratings analysts.
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EMH, University Hospitals explore integration
By Beth Kutscher | June 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
EMH Healthcare, Elyria, Ohio, has inked a letter of intent to officially explore joining University Hospitals, located about 35 miles east in Cleveland.
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Providers hang back on pushing for sequester fix
By Rich Daly | June 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Despite two months of pain induced by Medicare cuts under the deficit-reduction law triggered this year, advocates for hospitals and physicians are waiting until fall to push a legislative fix.
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HFMA looks at solutions to patients' medical-debt burdens
By Gregg Blesch | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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Hospital prices inch higher after nose dive last month
By Melanie Evans | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospital consumer prices barely budged upward last month, just one month after they recorded the largest one-month drop since the federal government began recording the price indices 16 years ago.
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Financial managers warned about growing revenue volatility
By Gregg Blesch | June 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Economic forces and changes in insurance arrangements are expected to increase volatility in the healthcare business.
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Irrational model | Healthcare economist reveals connection between behavior, care
By Modern Healthcare | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
It's long been known that healthcare does not fit the standard model for perfect competition. Author Douglas Hough goes further: He says patients, providers and other stakeholders are irrational.
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Study highlights cost benefit of expanding Medicaid
By Rachel Landen | June 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
An independent study released today on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion under healthcare reform found that states' share of the cost of expanding Medicaid under reform would be lower than the cost of providing uncompensated care to their uninsured residents.
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A breather for Medicare | Trust Fund's solvency extended by two years
By Rich Daly | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Medicare's hospital trust fund gained two years of solvency in the latest federal projections, but it is not clear why.
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CBO's Medicare estimates on par with White House figures
By Jessica Zigmond | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CBO estimates that the policies in the president's fiscal 2014 budget proposal would curb Medicare spending by about $364 billion over 10 years.
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