Healthcare Finance

Built-in efficiencies

Andis Robeznieks | May 19, 2012
As healthcare construction costs continue to escalate, it's become generally accepted that typical general acute-care hospitals will cost about $1...
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990 frustrations

Jessica Zigmond | May 19, 2012
Healthcare providers last week criticized the reform law's additional reporting requirements for tax-exempt hospitals and sought clarity from the...
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CHI buys in to collections

Ashok Selvam | May 19, 2012
The allegations facing billing and collection company Accretive Health were among the factors influencing Catholic Health Initiatives' decision to...
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Big bills, big problems

Neil McLaughlin | May 19, 2012
The Accretive Health saga took another turn last week as the billing and collection company said it would launch and fund a panel to set patient...
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Unpleasant memories

Neil McLaughlin | May 05, 2012
A new controversy may trigger familiar memories for some readers. This one centers on the activities of Accretive Health, a Chicago-based healthcare...
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Avoiding the plunge

David May | April 28, 2012
As the Federal Reserve reminded us last week, the nation's “fiscal cliff” is steadily looming larger on the horizon.
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Surprise hospital bill shows quandary of quotes

(Nashville) Tennessean | May 23, 2012
Aileen Stalvey says she was “born to shop,” but shopping for surgery left her with a bill from Baptist Hospital for more than twice the...
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CHI buys in to collections

Ashok Selvam | May 19, 2012
The allegations facing billing and collection company Accretive Health were among the factors influencing Catholic Health Initiatives' decision to...
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New payment system links costs, patients' outcomes

Des Moines (Iowa) Register | May 23, 2012
Supporters of a new method of paying for health care hope to hear more stories like Dave Kalous'.
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Humana set to pay $45 million to settle reimbursement feud

Beth Kutscher | May 21, 2012
Humana, Louisville, Ky., expects to pay $45 million in the second quarter to resolve a 2007 lawsuit filed by a number of health systems against its...
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With budget battles ahead, White House official urges cautious approach on Medicare

Rich Daly | May 21, 2012
As a series of budget battles looms later this year, the Obama administration is trying to lessen the likelihood that Medicare will face cuts.
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Heard in the hallway

May 21, 2012
It is time, once again, for my dispatch from the hallways of the Non-Profit Health Care Investor Conference in New York.
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