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AHA survey: Negative profit margins for hospitals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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