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What happens when private hospitals avoid treating uninsured patients
Some providers make a policy of referring anyone without insurance to public hospitals, creating duplicate visits and diagnostic testing that strains those already struggling...
Moody’s says tax law will hurt nonprofit hospitals
Health insurers benefit from lower corporate taxes but repealing the individual mandate will spike uncompensated care costs and stick hospitals with tighter operating margins,...
Physician groups to pay $33 million over alleged kickbacks from HMA...
Dallas-based EmCare, Pennsylvania-based Physicians' Alliance Ltd named in whistleblower lawsuits over illegal referrals to HMA hospitals, DOJ said.
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Physician groups urge CMS for policies that would allow them to...
Physician groups want risk-bearing models and the ability to offer Medicare Advantage plans to level playing field with health systems.
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For-profit hospitals have stable outlook, Moody’s says
Last week, the ratings service downgraded the outlook for non-profit hospitals to negative.
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Moody’s revises nonprofit and public health outlook to negative as hospitals...
Hospitals have been unable to translate volume growth into stronger revenue due to lower reimbursement rate increases and higher expenses, Moody's says.
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Hospitals brace for end of individual mandate, tax exempt borrowing, in...
Non-profit health systems will be paying more to borrow money, expert says.
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Why hospitals can’t ignore their ‘Harveys’, must create supportive culture for...
Expert says failure to address and punish the behavior, regardless of the perpetrator's status, can have big costs.
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Some hospitals to get more money under partial two-midnight payment cut...
Hospitals challenged CMS after the agency gave a 0.2 percent downward adjustment to inpatient payment under the two-midnight rule.
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5 ways hospitals can buffer financial losses from Medicare
Hospitals lost nearly $ 40 billion treating Medicare patients in 2013, experts say.
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