Uncompensated Care news and information

Recent changes to how hospitals must report uncompensated care have resulted in more accurate reporting of net revenue and more comparability among companies, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
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The board at Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Ind., has approved the deal for the two-hospital system to be acquired by Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, according to a news release.
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Arizona can resume coverage for children eligible through its state-federal insurance program for the poor under a new funding arrangement approved by the CMS.
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Two years after the healthcare reform act became law, the Obama administration will argue in the Supreme Court today why the law was a constitutional exercise of federal power.
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Proponents and enemies of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have buried the U.S. Supreme Court under an unprecedented cache of filings arguing why the law should be upheld in whole, modified or tossed out like last week's garbage.
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Private health insurance may offer households little protection from financial stress as medical bills follow illness and injury.
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KOKOMO, Ind.—Community Health Network, Indianapolis, signed a letter of intent to acquire Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Ind. County-run Howard had a deal in place in May 2011 to merge with 13-hospital Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, but the transaction crumbled in...
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Three of the biggest members of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association all told the organization on the same day that they planned on leaving.
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Re: "Uncompensated care rose slightly in 2010,” ModernHealthcare.com, Jan. 6:
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WARREN, Mich.—Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, plans to close a 105-bed hospital and reopen it 12 to 18 months later as an advanced inpatient and outpatient rehab center.
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