Rapid growth in hospital markups for uninsured patients at for-profit hospitals is driving up medical bills across the country, drawing criticism as low-income patients land bills they struggle to pay, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
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Legislative researchers say Kansas Medicaid caseload costs between now and June 30, 2012, could cost taxpayers $10 million more than projected six months ago, according to a report by the Kansas Reporter.
A strategic plan to convert south suburban Chicago’s struggling Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital into a regional outpatient health center has been met with opposition from the community, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The 213-bed hospital is part of Cook…
At the core: Continuous process improvement Managed Print Services is no longer a buzz phrase or a short-term trend in healthcare. The reality is that hospitals today are spending an even higher portion of their annual budgets on printing and…
A new report by Moody's Investors Service found that non-profit hospitals in the U.S. experienced the lowest revenue growth in more than a decade and flat admissions during 2010, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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CMS has issued a proposed rule to reduce average inpatient payments for hospitals by 0.55 percent for fiscal year 2012, prompting criticism from the AHA, according to a report by AHA News Now. The overall reduction is due to a…
Community Health Systems has filed a motion today to dismiss what it calls a “baseless” lawsuit brought on by Tenet Healthcare, according to a CHS news release. Tenet filed a federal lawsuit last week, claiming CHS has systematically overbilled Medicare…
Twenty-three hospitals filed a motion today in Detroit’s Federal District Court asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by the city of Pontiac against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to a Detroit Free Press report.…
Here are 10 recent lawsuits or settlements involving hospitals, beginning with the most recent. 1. California Accuses Sutter Health of Overbilling More Than $100M for AnesthesiaCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones filed to intervene in a whistleblower suit accusing Sacramento, Calif.-based…
Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corp. has reported earnings of $2.88 million in the first quarter compared to a loss of $803,000 in the same period in 2010, according to an Intelligencer report.