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Provena Covenant takes tax exemption fight to Ill. Supreme Court
By this point, most healthcare executives are familiar with the story of Provena Covenant Medical Center, an Urbana, Ill.-based non-profit hospital that lost its state property tax exemption when... Read more...
Stimulus bucks may not boost health IT; HFMA offers model charity care policy;
> Will the stimulus bucks get doctors to adopt more health IT tools? Maybe not. In a new survey, 50 percent said the stimulus money wouldn't have much of an effect. FierceHealthIT > In an... Read more...
Doctors getting flexible with payment arrangements
When the economy falls apart, doctors feel it, up close and personal. These days, with a vicious recession still lingering like a cloud over the country, physicians are finding that even prosperous... Read more...
Hospitals fight federal charity care rules
Not-for-profit hospitals are rightly fearful that Congress will meddle with their tax exemption. If nothing else, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has given them plenty of warning that their tax status was... Read more...
HFMA releases model charity-care policy for non-profits
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has released a model charity-care policy, in a move that is likely to help non-profit hospitals to prepare for tighter IRS scrutiny of their charity... Read more...
UT hospitals struggling under Medicaid cuts
Hospitals in Utah are reeling under a 25 percent Medicaid reimbursement cut that was much larger than anticipated, and now are warning that they might be forced to offset costs by increasing fees on... Read more...
Tenet reports first-quarter profit
Tenet Healthcare has reported a meaningful first-quarter profit, driven by a one-time debt swap gain and higher revenue. This represents a substantial change from just a couple of years ago, when... Read more...
Recession causing diabetics to cut back on care
The bad economy is sparing no prisoners in its assault on America, case in point: Diabetics. Despite a serious need to keep up with their testing, medicine and doctor visits, an Associated Press... Read more...
Cash-strapped FL hospital seeks partner to expand cardiac care
Cash strapped Helen Ellis Memorial, a Tampa area Florida non-profit hospital, is reconsidering privatization if it can't find strategic investors to help it expand its cardiac care services. The... Read more...
New Jersey hospitals in trouble, trade group says
A survey of about half of the state's hospitals has revealed what we already could have guessed--that New Jersey facilities, like their peers elsewhere, are struggling to stay afloat, with some on... Read more...
