The average cost of Medicare patients with a healthcare-associated infection at Pennsylvania hospitals was $21,378 in 2010, while the average Medicaid patient stay with an HAI at Pennsylvania hospitals cost $33,329, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Health Care…
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Late last year, The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati received a first-place award in a multi-state competition for its efforts to reduce Clostridium difficile infections among inpatients. The award came from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Quality-In-Sights Hospital Incentive Program,…
Inadequate reimbursements for government-sponsored health programs, an aging population, a widening proportion of low-income residents and high-income earners and "substantial" state budget complications are some of the biggest reasons California hospitals will be facing significant downward pressures this year, according…
Of Nevada's 33 general, acute-care hospitals, 20 recorded net losses in the third quarter of this past fiscal year, according a report from the Reno Gazette-Journal.
In fiscal year 2010, Delaware hospitals contributed $357 million in community benefits, an increase of 14.5 percent from FY 2009, according to a report from the Delaware Healthcare Association (pdf).
Cardiologists in North Carolina say Blue Cross Blue Shield now requires them to get pre-approval before they use echocardiograms — a demand they say interferes with patient care, according to an ABC Raleigh-Durham report.
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has announced plans to nearly double the size of its emergency department.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark, an insurer, has filed trademark paperwork for a new physician practice management company, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital may start a hospitalist program, according to a WJBD report.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, based in Raleigh, N.C., has acquired Capital Urological Associates, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.