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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has several announced proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010, which are expected to reduce payment rates to physicians by 21.5 percent, according to a CMS news release.
A number of hospitals in South Florida are suffering from large declines in their investments, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
Massachusetts hospitals are facing delays in Medicaid payments due to the implementation of a new computer system to process reimbursement claims, and the delays are threatening the financial viability of some facilities in the state, according to a report in…
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council shows that hospital operating margins dropped from 4.82 percent to 3.98 percent in fiscal year 2007-2008, even before the worst of the recession, according to a report in the…
Employer-sponsored healthcare premiums have nearly doubled since 2000, three times faster than wages, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trevor Fetter, CEO of Tenet Healthcare Corp., said that the Obama administration's plan for healthcare reform may be asking hospitals to bear too much of a financial burden by asking them to help pay for an expansion of medical coverage…
Hospitals today face many challenges including an economic recession, increases in uninsured care and growing competition for outpatient services. However, there are still many steps hospitals can take to increase their profitability amid these economic conditions.
Washington County Memorial Hospital in Salem, Ind., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy while the hospital tries to reorganize its finances and considers making an operating agreement with an outside company, according to a report in Business First of Louisville.
Statewide Medicare cuts and the bankruptcy of automobile manufactures, such as General Motors, are expected to increase the amount of patient debt and uncompensated care shouldered by Michigan hospitals, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.
Pres. Obama has identified an additional $313 billion in cuts to government healthcare spending over the next 10 years, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.