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Large hospitals in Washington State lost a bid to have the federal government provide additional reimbursements for treating uninsured patients, according to a report in The Seattle Times.
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports that 33 states cut or froze Medicaid payment rates to providers in Fiscal Year 2009 and more (39) plan to do so in FY 2010, according to a release from the…
Newport (R.I.) Hospital lost $15.6 million in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but Newport Health Care Corp., the hospital's parent organization, maintained its A+ rating from Fitch Ratings, according to a report in the Providence Business News.
Natchez (Miss.) Regional Medical Center will end its fiscal year with a profit for the first time in five years, according to a report in The Natchez Democrat.
Admissions at Tenet Healthcare grew by 0.2 percent from July 1 to Sept. 8 compared with the same period last year, but the growth came from uninsured admissions, according to a release by Tenet.
Downey (Calif.) Regional Medical Center-Hospital has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, according to a DRMC news release on Reuters.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis (Tenn.) posted $1.2 billion in charges billed to patients and payors for 2008, topping other hospitals in the area, according to a report by the Commercial Appeal.
The 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index, a study exploring best practices for delivering affordable, quality healthcare, has been released, according news release by Data Advantage, the firm that carried out the study.
Maryland's system for setting hospital rates could serve as a model the federal government as it tries to rein in healthcare costs but could lead to more regulation for healthcare providers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
La Crosse, Wis.-based Gunderson Lutheran ranks among the top health systems in the country when it comes to keeping costs low and quality high, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.