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Insurance doesn't cut young adult ED visits
Federal data suggests that young adults have low office visit rates and high ED visit rates, and that the uninsured and the insured have the same out-of-pocket expenses.
By Anne Zieger • April 28, 2014 -
Hospitals need to rise above digital mediocrity
There are a few reasons most hospitals aren't up to speed on digital communication, putting them behind many of their patients.
By Anne Zieger • April 28, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Yujin Kim/Healthcare Dive
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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California law would set charity care minimums
The controversial bill would require nonprofits to administer charity care equal to a specific percentage of revenue. Opponents criticize the legislation as being "one-size-fits-all."
By Anne Zieger • April 28, 2014 -
Study: Clinics lower costs for payers, providers
Health clinics can help save money by cutting down on ED visits, the Penn State Altoona study concluded.
By Anne Zieger • April 25, 2014 -
Labor board files complaint against hospitals
The NLRB slapped two hospitals with complaints, both owned by Franklin,TN-based Community Health Systems.
By Anne Zieger • April 25, 2014 -
Kentucky uses HIE to divert Medicaid 'super-utilizers'
State officials found that 4,400 Medicaid recipients were classified as super-utilizers, visiting the ER 10 or more times at a cost of $34 million.
By Katie Bo Williams • April 24, 2014 -
Moody's: Expenses outpacing revenues for non-profit hospitals
Fiscal 2013 was the second year in a row that expenses grew faster than revenue.
By Anne Zieger • April 23, 2014 -
ProMedica must sell Ohio hospital, court rules
The two merger partners controlled more than 50% of Lucas County, Ohio's market for primary and secondary services.
By Anne Zieger • April 22, 2014 -
Hospitals face new competition for nurses
Nurses have more out-of-hospital employment options than they did even a decade ago, and hospitals will need to compete on a new level to maintain recruitment.
By Anne Zieger • April 22, 2014 -
Study: Many hospital websites fail to serve patients
Most hospitals studied failed to offer basic functions to assist patients and many had errors.
By Anne Zieger • April 22, 2014 -
Patients seek specialty care outside of ACO network
According to the study published in JAMA Internal Care, the number of beneficiaries going outside their assigned network was greater for higher-cost beneficiaries.
By Anne Zieger • April 22, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Hospital mergers bring another kind of pain
It's understandable that hospitals are looking for merger partners, given the economic realities of the health care business, but there are good reasons why the feeding frenzy should slow down.
By Anne Zieger • April 21, 2014 -
Hospital bond issuance plummets 50%
The low rate of bond issues follows a slow 2013, which was the slowest bond issuance year of the past decade for health care.
By Anne Zieger • April 21, 2014 -
Hospital sets up off-hours clinic to avoid ED overuse
The urgent care clinic will focus on low-income patients on Medicaid and the uninsured.
By Anne Zieger • April 21, 2014 -
Hospitals creating health insurance plans
Hoping to better manage their health insurance premiums, some hospitals have decided to self-insure, as well as sell insurance plans to the community.
By Anne Zieger • April 21, 2014 -
AHA seeks changes in Medicare ACO programs
The AHA argues that current programs place too much risk on providers and offer too little opportunity for reward.
By Anne Zieger • April 18, 2014 -
Hospital posts doc ratings on its site
The University of Utah Healthcare Center will post patient ratings of its physicians in response to negative reviews on other platforms.
By Anne Zieger • April 18, 2014 -
The siren song of the ED
Emergency departments are at the center of the discussion about health care savings, but there are some fairly obvious reasons why they remain the (expensive) primary care choice for so many people.
By Anne Zieger • April 17, 2014 -
Misdiagnosis affects 5% of American adults
As many as 12 million Americans a year could be affected by these mistakes.
By Anne Zieger • April 16, 2014 -
Boston hospitals merge to form new health system
Tufts Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital will form a new system that will serve patients from Southern New Hampshire to south of Boston.
By Anne Zieger • April 16, 2014 -
PwC: Dramatic changes in health care market ahead
PwC suggests that new entrants and tech-friendly consumers—who are ready to spend 13.6B a year on health-related products—will drastically disrupt the health care marketplace.
By Anne Zieger • April 14, 2014 -
Experienced nurses improve outcomes
When experienced nurses leave and are replaced by new staff, productivity drops more than is attributable to changes in the nurses' skills and experience.
By Anne Zieger • April 14, 2014 -
China's health care market growing
...but is investment wise? China offers significant opportunities to health care entrepreneurs, but succeeding there still requires caution.
By Anne Zieger • April 13, 2014 -
Kindred Healthcare refinances massive debt
The Louisville-based company has over $500M in loans. The refinancing lowers its borrowing costs, extends debt maturities and reduces interest rate risk.
By Anne Zieger • April 13, 2014 -
SC hospital must pay $70M while it waits for appeal
In May 2013, Tuomey was found guilty of violating the Stark Law and the False Claims Act and dunned $237M. Now, they await an appeal, which has not come without its price.
By Anne Zieger • April 11, 2014
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