Hospitals: Page 98
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Hospitals saved $11.8M thanks to 340B, survey finds
About 90% of hospitals are using those savings to pay for patient care services including pharmacy services and transportation.
By Samantha Liss • June 13, 2019 -
Boosting outpatient No. 1 hospital exec priority in poll
The Advisory Board's annual survey of executives shows a shift from last year's focus on cost control.
By Samantha Liss • June 13, 2019 -
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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Influential panel urges HIV prevention drug, forcing payer hands
The task force charged with making clinical recommendations is advising those at high risk of contracting HIV take a daily medication to prevent the disease, which will likely expand access to the treatment.
By Samantha Liss • June 12, 2019 -
Are teaching hospitals more expensive? A new JAMA study may surprise some
When comparing the total cost of care at 30 days for one episode, starting with hospitalization, researchers found major teaching hospitals were less expensive compared with nonteaching hospitals.
By Samantha Liss • June 10, 2019 -
Price transparency proposals raise thorny questions
One hospital CEO is bucking the trend and embracing price disclosure, but the effectiveness of such requirements is unclear.
By Samantha Liss • June 7, 2019 -
CMS calls for ideas to cut red tape
Federal health regulators want to reduce the administrative burden and "needless paperwork" baked in the system and they're asking the public to submit ideas.
By Samantha Liss • June 7, 2019 -
Americans want their doctors to ask about social needs
A national survey conducted by Kaiser Permanente revealed that 74% of Americans are frequently stressed over meeting the needs of their families when it comes food and housing.
By Samantha Liss • June 5, 2019 -
Partners withdraws from Care New England acquisition
The decision to back out about a year after signing a definitive agreement was in response to CNE reopening talks with Providence-based Lifespan and Brown University to create a local academic medical center in Rhode Island.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 5, 2019 -
Cleveland Clinic operating income falls 24% in Q1
The nonprofit system did increase revenue but expenses grew 20% to nearly $2.3 billion for the quarter.
By Samantha Liss • June 3, 2019 -
Provider compensation on the increase but primary care docs still lag specialists
The Medical Group Management Association found wages rose most for specialists (4.4%), followed by primary care physicians (3.4%) and non-physician providers (3%).
By Shannon Muchmore • June 3, 2019 -
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Patient care benefits from positive work environments for PAs
Only 15 organizations were selected as 2019-2020 Employers of Excellence. Learn how they have created progressive working environments for PAs.
By Jennifer Broderick, Director, CHLM • June 3, 2019 -
WannaCry malware still hitting healthcare organizations
About 40% of healthcare delivery organizations have experienced at least one WannaCry attack in the past six months, largely because of older, unmanaged devices that are difficult to patch, according to cybersecurity firm Armis.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 30, 2019 -
Most hospitals don't meet Leapfrog maternity care standards
Only one in five hospitals meet Leapfrog standards across three metrics of maternity quality, although some measures have improved in a report that found both "good and bad news for expectant mothers," Leapfrog's CEO said.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 30, 2019 -
Half of hospital boards lack succession plan
The American Hospital Association's most recent hospital governance survey also found limited progress in board diversity since 2014.
By Tony Abraham • May 30, 2019 -
UCSF ends proposed affiliation with Dignity over LGBTQ, reproductive rights
The public health system faced pushback from staff and the broader community over Catholic-affiliated Dignity's denial of medical care for some contraceptive, abortive and end-of-life services.
By Rebecca Pifer • May 29, 2019 -
Upcoding may have led to higher MA payments
New research points to overstated risk differences between Medicare Advantage and traditional fee-for-service populations, which the authors say are the result of upcoding within the risk adjustment system.
By Tony Abraham • May 28, 2019 -
Physician burnout costs industry $4.6B annually
The findings, along with previous evidence that relatively cut-and-dried fixes can reduce burnout, suggest "substantial economic value" for providers to invest in lowering stress on their doctors, according to a new study.
By Rebecca Pifer • May 28, 2019 -
Senate health committee takes on surprise bills, price transparency in legislative package
The American Hospital Association said it was "concerned about several of the proposals that would allow the government to intrude into private commercial contracts between providers and insurers."
By Shannon Muchmore • May 24, 2019 -
AHA argues nonprofit hospitals more than make up for lost tax revenue
Tax-exempt facilities are under scrutiny, and, in some cases, caught up in litigation over their status and the perks that come with it.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 23, 2019 -
Q&A
Q&A: Ascension's chief community impact officer on providing care outside the hospital
Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee is tasked with re-envisioning how best to serve the hospital chain's numerous markets across the country. She's starting off in D.C. and Milwaukee.
By Samantha Liss • May 22, 2019 -
UnitedHealth named most valuable healthcare brand
Insurers dominated consulting firm Brand Finance's top 10 list of most valuable healthcare brands for 2019. Other companies recognized were Anthem, Aetna, Medtronic, Fresenius, HCA and Centene.
By Samantha Liss • May 22, 2019 -
Healthcare spending accelerated in Q1, Altarum finds
A new report shows healthcare prices are growing more slowly than the prices of all other goods, continuing a 20-month trend.
By Samantha Liss • May 20, 2019 -
About 1/3 of hospitals earn A grade on safety, Leapfrog says
Patients at low-performing hospitals as graded by Leapfrog face a 92% greater risk of avoidable death, according to the report.
By Samantha Liss • May 16, 2019 -
Provider demand for accurate patient matching is high, Pew says
Providers vary in how bad they think the country's patient matching problem truly is, with a majority indicating they don't have a "significant" problem with correctly matching records to patients.
By Rebecca Pifer • May 16, 2019 -
Physician revenues have jumped 52% since 2016
Cardiologists, neurosurgeons and orthopaedic and cardiovascular surgeons are the highest revenue-generators among their peers, each netting more than $3 million a year for their hospitals, according to a Merritt Hawkins survey.
By Tony Abraham • May 15, 2019
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