Medicaid issues also proved popular, particularly hospitals’ exposure to Medicaid and preliminary Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotments. Starting with the most-viewed, here are the five top hospital finance stories this week.
1. Moody’s: 6 Hospitals With Credit Challenges Related to EHRs
Depending on the size of the organization, EHR installations can cost anywhere from several million dollars for a small, standalone hospital to half of a billion dollars for multistate health networks. These projects often have the potential to negatively impact hospitals’ financial profiles in the short term.
2. Obama’s Budget for 2015: 10 Points for Hospitals Know
President Barack Obama released his fiscal year 2015 budget, which includes more than $414 billion in proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next decade.
3. Post Your Price: It’s Not So Simple for Hospital Executives
Last May, amidst the groundswell of support for price transparency in the healthcare system, Steve Sonenreich did something almost no other hospital executive had done.
4. Moody’s: Top 10 Hospitals Most Exposed to Medicaid
Hospitals with high percentages of Medicaid patients often have stretched budgets. With state and federal cuts for the insurance program for the poor going into effect, those budgets are likely to be strained even further.
5. CMS Announces 2014 Funding for Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals
CMS released preliminary Medicaid DSH allotments to the states for fiscal year 2014.
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Hospital-Owned Clinics Face Medicaid Cuts in Washington
Senate Two-Midnight Rule Bill Would Require New Payment Guidelines
Capella Healthcare Loses $32M in 2013
