An article in the Spring 2012 issue of Inquiry Magazine (pdf) posed the question: Is compensating non-profit healthcare board members the right path, or is it equivalent to a minefield?
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Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask payors these four questions regarding benefit plan incentives within managed care contracts during negotiations.
SunLink Health Systems (pdf) continues to hemorrhage red ink, as the Atlanta-based, for-profit hospital operator recorded a net loss of $1.54 million in the third quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, roughly five times the $314,000 net loss it recorded…
Hospices are looking to partner with hospitals in an attempt to work around a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a USA TODAY report.
Hospitals stand to lose millions of dollars in revenue when patients leave the emergency department without being seen, according to a whitepaper from CEP America.
Adams County Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical-access hospital in Seaman, Ohio, was able to curb million-dollar losses in its revenue cycle after it implemented new chargemaster software, according to a Craneware news release.
Alexander the Great was famous for riding his horse among his ranks of soldiers before combat, calling out individuals by name and exalting their bravery in prior battles. He connected with individuals and inspired his army as a whole when…
A recent poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR and the Harvard School of Public Health found that 87 percent of Americans thinks the cost of care is a serious problem for the country, while 65 percent believe the…
St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., has changed its name to St. Joseph Health to better reflect its connection with parent, Orange, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, according to a Daily Press report.
Two St. Louis residents have filed a class action suit against two Tenet Healthcare hospitals — Saint Louis University Hospital and Des Peres (Mo.) Hospital — in an attempt to recover alleged undisclosed hospital facility fees for non-hospital services at…