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The first of six installments of a new "franchise" fee for Ohio hospitals is due this week, and hospitals worry that the fee will not be recouped by higher Medicaid payments to hospitals, as has been promised by state legislators,…
Stony Brook University Medical Center, a 554-bed hospital owned by New York State, has been hobbled by the state's budget problems, according to a report by Long Island Business News.
Moody's Investors Service said high-cost hospitals could experience downgrades in their debt-rating due to large cuts to Medicare funding planned by healthcare reform, according to a report by ABC News Health.
Utah State Senator Sen. Chris Buttars (R-West Jordan) plans to introduce that would make the finances of non-profit Intermountain Healthcare more transparent, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index reported that hospital prices increased 1.0 percent in October, according to a report from the American Hospital Association.
Hospitals in Western Pennsylvania are lagging behind average Medicare reimbursements for the nation due to an inequitable wage index, according to a report by the Johnstown (Pa.) Tribune-Democrat.
Six North Carolina hospitals owe the state's health plan, which is processed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and is supported by taxpayers, $2.5 million for overcharges, according to a report by the News & Observer.
Consultants hired by the city of Cleveland to help the city close its budget shortfalls have introduced a plan that would assess a fee on non-profit hospitals and other non-profit organizations, which do not pay taxes because of their non-profit…
To fill a budget shortfall, the State of Indiana has cut Medicaid payments to hospitals by 5 percent next year, saving the state $10.6 million, according to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
LifePoint Hospitals, which operates in non-urban communities in 17 states, reports revenues up 10.4% from $675.1 million for the same period last year, according to a release from LifePoint.