For-profit health systems based in the Nashville area have managed to ride a sluggish economy and lower numbers of paying patients by delivering more cost-effective, efficient care in 2010, but reimbursement and regulation changes in 2011 will pose heightened challenges,…
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Fitch Ratings has given U.S. non-profit hospitals and hospital systems a stable outlook for 2011, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
A proposal to convert Colorado Spring's Memorial Hospital from a public to a non-profit entity has been delayed, according to a Colorado Connection report.
Claim costs associated with hospital and professional services for patients covered under commercial health plans rose 7.79 percent over the year ending in November, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Commercial Index and reported in an S&P…
There’s an old saying in ice hockey: "take the shortest route to the puck, and arrive there in ill humor," wrote J. Paul Spencer in a recent posting on his RAConteur blog. He advised practices and hospitals to take a…
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Andrew Dreyfus, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, said hospitals and physicians need to better contain healthcare costs or face level or reduced payments from his company, according to a Boston Globe report. Mr. Dreyfus encouraged the shift…
Senate Republicans are expected to introduce a bill to repeal healthcare reform, creating another partisan debate over the controversial legislation, but the effort is not expected to pass the full Senate, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
A new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that nearly half (47 percent) of hospitals' treatment costs were associated with inpatient surgeries in 2007, though only a quarter of admissions were related to these procedures, according…
Arizona plans to ask for a federal waiver so the state can save money by reducing eligibility requirements for Medicaid, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Two recovery audit contractors recently posted issues on their sites. But, like many RAC postings in the past, they present "confusing, incomplete and oftentimes contradictory information," wrote Ernie de los Santos, CIO for eduTrax, on the RAC Monitor website.