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A survey by the American Hospital Association has found that six out of 10 hospitals nationally are seeing a greater proportion of patients without insurance in emergency departments, and nearly half of hospitals have cut staff, according to an AHA…
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed House Bill 1293, which would assess hospitals a provider fee to fund medical coverage to the state's uninsured, according to a report by the Colorado Statesman.
Two bills on healthcare reform, proposed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, have passed in the state House and may be decided on by legislators within the next three weeks, according to a report by the Statesman Journal.
A study by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has found that the recession has caused employers to cut healthcare costs, while employees have increased the use of their benefits, according to an IFEBP news release.
Here are some statistics on the financial health of hospitals and health systems in the United States, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Healthcare Financial Pulse: The Financial Health of U.S. Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, which surveyed 309 hospital…
Here are some interesting statistics on hospital finances in the economic downturn, according to the March survey report titled Healthcare Financial Pulse: How Hospitals are Combating the Financial Downturn by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, which was based on responses…
The 2009 Survey of Health Care Consumers, conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, found that 94 percent of Americans surveyed believed that healthcare costs were a threat to their personal financial security, according to a summary from Deloitte.
Ohio-based Summa Health System announced that it will be freezing the salaries of all non-union employees in an effort to cut costs in light of the current economic situation, according to a report in the Stow Sentry.
Louisiana lawmakers urged the state's 10 public hospitals to cut administrative costs rather than services in the face of budget problems, according to a report in The Baton Rouge Advocate.
The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission recommended a 1.2 percent increase in the amount hospitals can charge patients in 2010, which was less than the 3.8 percent increase hospitals had wanted, according to a report in the Baltimore Business…