Hospital Administration
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Medical practice groups saw better margins in 2018
Total profit per physician in independent practice associations rose to $2,510 per doctor last year, up from $2,396, according to AMGA Consulting's annual physician group survey.
By Ron Shinkman • July 19, 2019 -
Provider M&A revenue volume at highest levels since 2017
Health systems saw $11.3 billion in revenue from deal transactions during the period, the second highest on record, a Kaufman Hall report found. At the same time, the total number of deals fell.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 18, 2019 -
Spending on primary care paltry, but some states ramping up
Increasing spending on primary care lowers emergency department visits and hospitalizations, according to the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative's 2019 Evidence Report, but America isn't funding it.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 17, 2019 -
Care New England pulls out of merger discussions
CNE and Lifespan, Rhode Island's two largest healthcare systems, had been in talks with Brown University about creating a locally run academic medical center.
By Linda Wilson • July 17, 2019 -
Intermountain starts new company to spur shift toward value
The effort will be led by Rajesh Shrestha, Intermountain vice president and chief operating officer of community based care.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 16, 2019 -
OpinionAn important first step toward eliminating the transplant waitlist
Global Liver Institute president and CEO Donna Cryer discusses how the U.S. liver transplant system has failed patients — and how President Donald Trump's ambitious new renal care plan could help.
By Donna Cryer • July 15, 2019 -
Participation in APMs, MIPS climbed significantly in 2018
Many physicians have rejected the programs, saying they contain too many rules and rely too much on expensive investments in EHRs.
By Ron Shinkman • July 15, 2019 -
CMS to delay star ratings update pending expert panel review
The agency will convene an expert panel to look at the star ratings system, which is deeply unpopular with providers, and decide whether it's due for a facelift.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 12, 2019 -
Health sector in better place to weather recession than in 2008, analysis finds
Providers would have less exposure to uncompensated care because of expanded Medicaid and ACA subsidies, according to McKinsey. Still, the report projects an earnings hit between 5%-20% for payers and 5%-30% for providers.
By Linda Wilson • July 11, 2019 -
Beaumont, Summa sign letter of intent to merge
A Beaumont spokesman said the organizations will buy out Mercy Health's minority stake in Summa, but exact terms of the deal are not being disclosed. It is expected to be finalized by the end of this year.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 10, 2019 -
Amazon momentum in medical supply chain slows, poll finds
A UBS survey of hospital purchasing managers found providers are allocating a smaller percentage of such purchases to the retail giant this year.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 09, 2019 -
Healthcare Dive's 10 biggest stories of the spring
From Amazon pushing into the prescription delivery sector to CVS-Aetna struggling to finalize their merger settlement agreement, read the top stories from the first half of the year.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 08, 2019 -
Doctors significantly over-allocated times to perform joint replacements, study shows
Time periods estimated to perform medical procedures, known as relative value units, are crucial for determining how much surgeons and other doctors are paid for their work under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
By Ron Shinkman • July 03, 2019 -
Hospital margins improved in May on increased patient volumes
However, hospitals with 300 to 499 beds experienced declining margins year over year despite the uptick in volumes. The latest Kaufman Hall report blames higher non-labor expenses for the cohort.
By Samantha Liss • July 02, 2019 -
EHR messaging, workflow can be redesigned to address burnout, study suggests
Doctors who reported a higher average of EHR-generated messages had a greater likelihood of burnout and said more often they wanted to cut their clinical work hours, according to new research in Health Affairs.
By Ron Shinkman • July 01, 2019 -
Drug shortages add millions to hospital costs, survey finds
All 365 hospitals responding to the survey reported shortages, and two-thirds experienced at least 20 shortages for the six-month period ending last year.
By Fran Kritz • June 28, 2019 -
Sanford, UnityPoint ink letter of intent to create $11B system
The combined company would rank among the 15 largest nonprofit systems in the U.S., creating an integrated health system spanning the Midwest and the Upper Great Plains.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 28, 2019 -
Hospital groups argue CMS wage index proposal flawed
Providers generally approve of the attempt to prop up rural hospitals with a change to the wage index but most don't agree with the redistribution method the agency suggested earlier this year.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 27, 2019 -
U.S. News updates best hospitals methodology for specialty rankings
The magazine got little pushback from hospitals on including HCAHPS measures in the rankings methodology, Ben Harder, chief of health analysis, told Healthcare Dive.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 26, 2019 -
Left-leaning think tank highlights 'high price of hospital care'
Acute care hospitals had total margins of nearly 8% in 2016, the highest in more than a decade and above profits for pharmacies, payers and pharmacy benefit managers, according to the Center for American Progress.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 26, 2019 -
Majority of patients faced out-of-pocket expense of $500 or more last year
Out-of-pocket costs are increasing even as patients shift to less expensive care settings, according to a new report from TransUnion Healthcare.
By Samantha Liss • June 26, 2019 -
Deep DiveHospital price transparency push draws industry ire, but effects likely limited
While few would argue for secrecy for its own sake, policy analysts say there's little evidence patients use the information now available to make decisions that could bend the cost curve.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 25, 2019 -
Geisinger cements interim chief exec Jaewon Ryu as CEO
Ryu has served as the integrated health system's interim chief executive since November 2018 and will be the seventh CEO in Geisinger's 104 years of operation.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 20, 2019 -
Fitch forecasts healthy cash flow for providers despite pressures
"Questions of access and affordability at the heart of the healthcare reform debate are critical to profitability of healthcare providers over the longer term," the ratings agency said in a new report.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 19, 2019 -
3rd Cir.: Hospital admin terminated for cost reasons, not bias
The former employee said her firing was linked to the cost of her husband's cancer treatments, which he received at the hospital.
By Jennifer Carsen • June 19, 2019
