Here are the top 10 diagnoses resulting in hospital stays by the uninsured in 2006, along with their percent of all uninsured hospital stays, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The number of hospital admissions for the uninsured increased by 34 percent from 1997-2006, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced a bill in the House under which the federal government would act as a single payor, according to a news release from his office.
A coalition of three dozen social service, healthcare, labor and legal groups are asking Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to use part of the federal stimulus package the state will receive late January to support healthcare programs, according to The Boston…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has issued a report showing how the struggling economy is affecting hospitals.
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Leadership from academic medical centers and community hospitals in and around Boston are calling on the state to review what they consider inappropriately high reimbursement to select hospitals, according to The Boston Globe.
A great deal of publicity has accompanied the recent so-called “financial crisis” in the United States in regards to the hospital bond markets, a dislocation that appears to be producing a pronounced capital access backlog in the hospital sector and…