Re: "Most profitable critical-access hospitals," it should be noted that all of the Wisconsin hospitals listed are part of larger organizations. As such, the information on profitability reported in Medicare cost reports is more likely reflective of the results of that larger organization than from the individual hospital. Drawing any conclusions from this chart about the profitability from the provision of patient services at any of the individual hospitals involved would be inappropriate.
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Accretive Health, the billing and collection firm that is under scrutiny after a critical report by Minnesota's attorney general, said it would launch and fund a panel to set collection standards.
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Hospitals that have seen demand drop and more anemic Medicare revenue growth can expect more of the same in coming years, along with the challenge of gradually adapting to new payment models, a rating agency said in a newly released report.
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A sweep of 107 arrests for Medicare fraud scams in seven cities marked the fourth time the Obama administration had corralled an array of unrelated healthcare cases for a national announcement.The purpose of such takedowns, this one orchestrated May 2, is to demonstrate that fighting healthcare fraud is a priority for the administration and to deter more people from participating in such activity, according to current and former federal anti-fraud officials.
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Oddly enough, consolidation within the healthcare industry is leading one organization to split into two parts.
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The rise of accountable care organizations and continued healthcare consolidation have led to a plan to reorganize the Skokie, Ill.-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
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A repeal of the Patient and Protection and Affordable Care Act would disproportionately hurt the credit ratings of for-profit hospitals, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.
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The world will never know what went through Robert Hawley's mind when the hospital CEO was arrested for driving while intoxicated along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana.
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As China moves forward with its own form of healthcare reform, the traditional methods in which hospitals are paid to provide care are changing.
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The nation's physician-training programs are set to undergo a restructuring, which will ultimately result in a system where accreditation is based on educational outcomes.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance said four health systems and two multispecialty physician groups will try for accreditation as accountable care organizations this year.
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Seven new members have been appointed to the Joint Commission's board of commissioners for 2012.
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Hospital fire fact: If a small blaze broke out next to an MRI machine, would-be firefighters couldn't use a traditional metal extinguisher because powerful magnetism might yank it out of their hands.
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Sleep medicine experts and patient-safety advocates are applauding the Joint Commission's recently issued sentinel event alert.
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The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert warning hospitals of the dangers of long hours and fatigue among healthcare workers.
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Methodist Dallas Medical Center was notified by the CMS that the hospital has been found to be in compliance with Medicare's conditions of participation, according to a news release.
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In 1989 and 1990, federal courts ordered two hospitals in Rockford, Ill., to stop merger talks after concluding that the combined organization would threaten competition and gain too much clout at the bargaining table with insurers.
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