A multitude of forces — some already in effect and others set to take effect in 2011 and beyond — pose possible threats to hospital profitability. Hospitals have long been faced with the challenge of compensating for reduced Medicare and…
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Evidence-based design has become the fastest growing trend in healthcare development. In EBD, decisions about the built environment are based on credible research that will, in turn, create the most efficient outcome. Here are five ways EBD saves costs and…
HHS has issued final regulations on medical loss ratios, spelling out what expenses health insurers can include under healthcare activities versus administrative work, according to a release by HHS.
Recondo Technology, a Greenwood Village, Colo.-based provider of revenue cycle solutions for the healthcare industry, has released its Recondo Financial Assistance, according to a company news release.
Congress's current plan to extend the Medicare physician fee-fix for just one month is the latest act of "one of the tragi-comic sideshows of passing ObamaCare," according to an opinion piece by the Wall Street Journal.
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Two hospital CEOs, three association executives and two consultants discuss 10 trends for hospitals in 2011.
A wide variety of indicators show healthcare in California is financially much weaker than in the rest of the nation, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
An uptick in hospital mergers has raised consumer concerns that healthcare reform will exacerbate problems it was meant to solve by reducing competition, increasing costs and creating incentives for providers to limit care in order to retain cost-saving bonuses, according…
Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop (Texas) closed abruptly last week, according to an Austin Business Journal report.
Carolyn Scanlon, president & CEO of the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, lists six challenges hospitals face in the near future.