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Study: Specialty hospital competition not hurting general hospitals
Time after time, hospitals have traditionally argued that specialty facilities are cherry-picking the most profitable patients. This has led to many a regulatory struggle over whether specialty... Read more...
Study: MD referrals, word of mouth drive choice of providers
Much of the dialogue in public policy assumes that consumers will make provider selections based on price and quality information if they can--despite growing evidence to the contrary. Now, another... Read more...
Study: Some safety-net hospitals putting income over mission
In today's brutally-competitive hospital marketplace, every hospital has to focus on finding profitable services to deliver and minimizing bad debt. Unfortunately, being profit-driven can sometimes... Read more...
Study: Wellness programs common despite lack of savings
According to a new study, health and wellness initiatives seem to be a matter of faith among big employers. According to research by the Center for Studying Health System Change, many employers are... Read more...
Trend: Medical prices set to jump again
While medical prices fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2007, observers say that health costs likely will shoot up again, soon. According to an article in the journal Health Affairs by author... Read more...
