Hospitals: Page 133
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Advocate, Aurora step closer to merger after OK from FTC
The combined company would have 27 hospitals, 3,300 physicians and 70,000 other employees.
By David Lim • Feb. 16, 2018 -
Baylor Scott & White reports higher admissions, $595M profit through half of FY18
Despite its mostly positive report, the hospital system's operating expenses increased from $4.3 billion to $4.4 billion, which was partially related to higher labor and supplies costs.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 16, 2018 -
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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Georgia hospitals sue Anthem over ER, imaging policies
Anthem will shortly stop paying for imaging in hospitals and for emergency department care that it later deems not an emergency.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 15, 2018 -
Healthcare spending to reach 19.7% of GDP within a decade
Hospital care spending growth is expected to increase 5.5% on average between 2017 and 2026, the report finds.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Is academia failing to serve our national interests?
St. George's University President and CEO G. Richard Olds says the U.S. doesn't have a doctor shortage problem, it has a distribution problem — and medical schools are largely to blame.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Amazon could shake up healthcare supply chains
While its ambitions aren't well known, the company’s famous (or infamous) disruption could find an entry point in hospital supply chains for a few reasons.
By Jeff Byers , Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Hospitals performed small amount of cost-shifting, study finds
Recent research found that hospitals negotiated 1.5% higher average private payer reimbursements to offset cuts from public payers.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 13, 2018 -
CMS ends Obama policy requiring docs to rewrite students' medical notes
Starting March 5, physicians will only need to verify the information.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 12, 2018 -
$500M donation sparks UCSF hospital plan
UCSF Health must relocate inpatient care from Moffitt Hospital by 2030 to conform with California seismic code requirements.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 12, 2018 -
More oversight for 340B needed, White House council says
The Council of Economic Advisers suggested creating an independent agency to oversee the prescription payment program.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 12, 2018 -
ED care management team alone won't reduce use, study finds
Researchers deployed care management teams at six NYC Health + Hospitals emergency departments and found they did help link patients to primary care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Atrium Health to partner with Navicent Health
Atrium, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, is also attempting to merge with UNC Health Care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Hospital consolidation has spotty track record, experts say
Even blocking a "very vanilla merger" is a costly endeavor, Nathan Wilson, an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, said.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Smorgasbord of health items in massive 2-year budget deal
The agreement staving off an extended government shutdown includes a delay to Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts, a repeal of the ACA's Independent Payment Advisory Board and more funding to fight the opioid crisis.
By David Lim • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Protests planned at Kaiser, Dignity Health in California
Workers are condemning planned pay cuts and layoffs at Kaiser.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2018 -
More hospitals turn to palliative care to boost value
The number of hospitals with more than 50 beds offering palliative programs tripled between 2000 and 2015, according to a report in Health Affairs.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Tax bill sows confusion for nonprofit hospitals
While for-profit healthcare companies celebrate a windfall, nonprofit systems try to figure out how the tax cuts will impact them.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Management organizations can play key role in ACOs
A Health Affairs report found partnerships helped providers in ACOs with data, administrative, educational and care coordination services.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Intermountain, Geisinger shift focus to patients in revenue cycle
Patients are now a major payer, and providers need to adapt their strategies.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
CHI continues turnaround, Q2 bolstered by lower restructuring costs
The health system posted an operating income loss of $1.5 million, a substantial improvement from the $146 million loss in the same period of fiscal year 2017.
By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Rideshares fail to reduce patient no-show rates, study shows
A number of hospitals and health systems have partnered with Uber and Lyft in an attempt to help people get to appointments.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
TeamHealth buys Dallas-based ER staffing firm
Emergency Medical Consultants serves 24 facilities and an urgent care center in north Texas.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Varied uptake in e-consults at New England VA facilities: Health Affairs
The researchers looked at use of anesthesiology e-consults for preoperative evaluation.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Patient dumping a symptom of health system woes
Victims often suffer from mental disabilities and nearly always lack insurance.
By Tony Abraham • Feb. 5, 2018 -
Glenview strains relations with Tenet over 'underperformance'
Some believe Glenview Capital Management, Tenet's largest shareholder, is preparing to launch a boardroom battle with the hospital company.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 5, 2018
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