Hospitals: Page 196
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Deep Dive
Happy Halloween: 5 best healthcare horror flicks
From deadly epidemics to mad scientists' experiments, these five horror/thriller movies are sure to get your heart racing on Halloween.
By Sy Mukherjee • Oct. 31, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The Friday Dive: Kindred announces new CEO
Healthcare Dive's editor looks back on the biggest news from the last week.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 31, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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Medicaid directors ask Congress to address specialty drug prices
But will they be successful? Pharma has a strong track record at beating back initiatives designed to control costs.
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 29, 2014 -
UHS shows increased volumes, lowered revenue
The hospital's increase in patient volumes was not enough to buffer it from higher costs and other fees in Q3.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 29, 2014 -
The 3 major IT threats to healthcare providers
Providers were briefed at the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management annual conference.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Feds announce new Ebola guidelines
What the new guidance does not support is the mandatory quarantines put in place by the governors of New York, New Jersey and Illinois over the weekend.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Study: Hospital liability claims continue to climb
With many states considering dropping non-economic damages, hospitals may face much greater liability than they have in the past.
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Some providers add new fees to compensate for rate cuts
According to a New York Times feature, patients are getting nasty surprises in their provider bills.
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 28, 2014 -
Hospitals go green to save greenbacks
Sustainable purchasing and other environmentally-friendly practices are helping providers cut costs.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 28, 2014 -
CDC data shows everyday infections are more dangerous than Ebola
New analysis of CDC infection records show one in six hospitals aren't hitting federal benchmarks.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Survey: Mobile EHR users more satisfied than desktop
The report found that more than three-quarters of users are still using desktops or laptops to access their EHRs.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 27, 2014 -
California hospital faces collapse after $77M EMR investment
Will the county government be able to rescue the system from disaster?
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 27, 2014 -
New York hospitals launching health insurance plans
These providers are relying on their sophisticated infrastructure and substantial market share. But are most providers ready to take on that level of risk?
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Deep Dive
What happens when the lights go out?
Most hospitals don't like to talk about power outages because theoretically, they should never occur. But with winter weather on the horizon, what happens when they do?
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 27, 2014 -
Costs at hospital-owned physician groups up to 20% higher
Add this new study in JAMA to the pile of research undermining the premise that M&A creates efficiencies.
By Anne Zieger • Oct. 24, 2014 -
ER visits and revenue plummet at Texas Health Presbyterian
The hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan has lost more than $8 million in revenue in one month.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Colorado Springs Health Partners to sell to DaVita
The new purchase is not yet finalized and is expected to close by year's end.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Deep Dive
$5 million campaign to focus on palliative care expansion
Nursing groups are organizing to expand end-of-life care education and programs in the US.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 23, 2014 -
Daughter of Charity employees sue hospital chain over pensions
Is the lawsuit an effort by the union to derail the sale of Daughters to Prime Healthcare?
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 23, 2014 -
DaVita agrees to pay $389M anti-kickback settlement
"This case involved a sophisticated scheme to compensate doctors illegally for referring patients to DaVita's dialysis centers," said US Attorney for Colorado John Walsh.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 23, 2014 -
S&P: More nonprofit merger activity on the horizon
The new report from Standard & Poor's also shows that merger and acquisitions in nonprofit healthcare organizations has boosted credit ratings.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 22, 2014 -
How does the switch to for-profit impact quality?
A new JAMA study provides empirical evidence that swapping to for-profit doesn't impact quality of care—but it has a big impact on the bottom line.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 22, 2014 -
New Ebola facilities to open Wednesday in TX
The facilities are partnership efforts between several hospitals. Notably, Texas Health Presbyterian is not involved.
By Katie Bo Williams • Oct. 22, 2014 -
Medicare extends fraud waiver for ACOs
According to the agency, more time is needed to ensure the waivers are being properly used.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 21, 2014 -
MedPAC pushes for better physician payment rates
In its October meeting, the commission expressed concern that primary care continues to be undervalued in Medicare's fee schedule.
By Tammy Worth • Oct. 21, 2014
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