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AHA survey: Negative profit margins for hospitals

November 20, 2008 — 11:33am ET | By Anne Zieger
With all the news we've been giving you of hospitals around the country struggling, it should be no surprise that the AHA's new survey results on hospital finances are not good. A quick-response... Read more...

Fewer paying patients causes downward spiral for hospitals

November 7, 2008 — 1:07pm ET | By Dan Bowman
Hospitals across the country have reported that fewer patients are opting for procedures such as knee replacements, hernia repairs and weight-loss surgeries, mainly because of the state of the... Read more...

Non-profits leaving poor neighborhoods

October 15, 2008 — 11:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
In theory, the underserved inner city is the ideal place to locate a major campus of a non-profit hospitals. After all, it is their mission to help the poor and uninsured get better access to care,... Read more...

NY-area hospitals see increased number of uninsured immigrants

October 13, 2008 — 12:50pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Hospitals in the New York area are seeing an increased number of uninsured or underinsured immigrants, a trend that is proving to be an enormous financial burden. For example, the 29 hospitals in the... Read more...

CO hospitals cite $800M in uncompensated care

October 7, 2008 — 12:26pm ET | By Anne Zieger
In what is becoming an annual ritual for many hospitals around the country, the Colorado Hospital Association has announced what it spent on uncompensated care for for the first six months of this... Read more...

Provena takes charity care fight to state supreme court

September 10, 2008 — 3:21pm ET | By Abby Christopher
Provena Covenant Medical Center, an Urbana, IL based hospital, will fight for its tax exemption status in state supreme court, following a state appellate court that questions its charity care... Read more...

Grassley investigates hospital with ties to Obamas

September 3, 2008 — 2:26pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Senior Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has begun asking some hard questions about jobs held by Sen. Barack Obama's wife and one of his best friends. Grassley sent the University of Chicago... Read more...

Study: Some safety-net hospitals putting income over mission

August 13, 2008 — 2:26pm ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

NJ hospitals in dire straits after charity budget cuts

July 9, 2008 — 10:37am ET | By Anne Zieger
While hospitals in every state are struggling to fund charity care and bad debt, things in New Jersey are particularly bad. Not only does the state have 1.3 million people without insurance--and a... Read more...

Non-profit hospital tax breaks attacked by Grassley, again

June 11, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Well, folks, if you thought Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was ready to take a breather on the subject of non-profit hospital tax breaks, think again. This week, the Senator used a hearing on... Read more...
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