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New points of entry | Stand-alone ERs offer systems path to higher volume
By Beth Kutscher | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Full-service hospital operators long have viewed specialty providers with suspicion. But they increasingly are adopting the philosophy of, “If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.”
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Outliers: Lights, camera, blood test?
By Modern Healthcare | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Walk onto any Hollywood studio lot, and you're likely to see a bevy of trailers serving as dressing rooms, mobile offices or even a cafeteria. But lately, there has been another kind of trailer seen outside soundstages, and at this one, a doctor will see you. Not Doogie Howser, mind you, but a real...
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The new normal? | Shift to outpatient care, payer pressure hit hospitals
By Beth Kutscher and Melanie Evans | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Three years ago, Henry Ford Health System began to overhaul how its doctors and nurses care for patients outside the Detroit-based system's six hospitals. Now it must face the economic strains of its own success, as fewer patients turn up to fill hospital beds.
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The big squeeze | CHS-HMA merger tightens the vise on independent hospitals
By Beth Kutscher | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The proposed $3.9 billion tie-up between Community Health Systems and HMA highlights the rise of the hospital mega-system as a response to declining inpatient volumes and payment rates.
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2,500 healthcare jobs added in July, in line with national trend
By Ashok Selvam | August 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Healthcare added 2,500 jobs in July, a slower growth pace that was consistent was the relatively sluggish national job hiring trend for the month.
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Observation care stirs ire | JAMA study says CMS policy hurts hospitals' bottom lines
By Joe Carlson | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Sending seriously ill emergency room patients to outpatient observation—already under fire for the financial pain it inflicts on Medicare patients—obviously hurts hospitals' bottom lines, since they don't collect the higher inpatient fees.
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Who benefits from drug discounts? | Drugmakers, hospitals battle over indigent-care program
By Jaimy Lee | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, a small not-for-profit hospital in Ontonagon, Mich., last year generated about $1 million in revenue from a federal program that allows safety-net providers to purchase deeply discounted drugs.
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The importance of basics | Seventeen essential questions for outpatient oncology clinics
By Dan Shapiro | July 06, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Since writing a cancer memoir in 2000, I've given talks at more than 150 hospitals and oncology clinics. I learned that many centers and clinics invest far more in their coffee stations, light airy infusion rooms and brochures than on the basics that make a...
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Chains look for stronger second quarter after worrisome first
By Beth Kutscher | July 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
With the second quarter now in the books but not yet reported, the market will be waiting to see whether patient volumes rebound after a tough first quarter that saw large declines.
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Sansum, Cottage plan to create integrated health system
By Ashok Selvam | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System have signed a letter of intent to merge and create an integrated health system combining three hospitals and 23 ambulatory sites serving patients near Santa Barbara, Calif., according to a news release.
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