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SPOTLIGHT: Provena Covenant healthy despite tax issue

November 1, 2007 — 7:59am ET
No doubt, administrators at Provena Covenant Medical Center must have experienced some financial challenges since the non-profit lost its property tax exemption. If so, however, they're hiding it... Read more...

HMA adopts tougher collections strategy

October 29, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Hospital chain Health Management Associates has vowed to take a tougher line in collecting from self-pay patients, in a move designed to rid the chain of a reputation for being less aggressive than... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: MA Attorney General looks at Caritas Christi Health Care; U of Miami buys Cedars Medical Center; and much more...

October 29, 2007 — 7:59am ET
> The Massachusetts Attorney General is taking a hard look at why Caritas Christi Health Care is scraping bottom financially. Read more...

Sale of financially-troubled Caritas Christi fails

September 21, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The Archdiocese of Boston continues to struggle to sell or turn around its financially-troubled Caritas Christi Health Care. Most recently, the Archdiocese failed in its bid to unload Caritas to a... Read more...

Primary care MDs ask patients for extra dollars

August 3, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Struggling to pay even their basic expenses, primary care doctors are increasingly asking patients for an annual fee in addition to co-payments on insured services. This isn't a high-touch concierge... Read more...

NY facilities want state to pay for restructuring

July 19, 2007 — 6:59am ET
As FierceHealthcare readers know, last year the state of New York embarked on what may be the most aggressive Read more...

ALSO NOTED: RediClinics on the move; Turnaround time for Atlanta hospital; and much more...

May 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Retail clinic operator RediClinic plans to open seven Austin-area clinics inside local grocery stores. Article

> Atlanta's faltering Grady Memorial Hospital, which has been on the verge of collapse financially, has selected a new CEO to oversee a turnaround. Article

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FL hospitals could lose $209M

April 17, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Florida hospitals stand to lose $300 million a year if changes proposed by the federal government are passed. The state is in the paradoxical position of having done too well financially last year, having made good money with sales taxes and document stamps. Now, under the new rules, the feds would cut back the percentage of the state-federal split that they pay into the low-income pool, ultimately leaving state hospitals having to absorb a $209 million shortfall. The state's public …

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ALSO NOTED: NH hospitals shift $345M to private plans; Cigna pays for "e-visits"; and much more...

April 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> New Hampshire hospitals shifted $345 million onto privately insured patients in 2005, according to a new report. Article

> Cigna HealthCare for Seniors has agreed to reimburse doctors for Web-based "e-visits" and online health services. Article

> Autism diagnoses are on the rise. Now a …

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ALSO NOTED: CT HMOs pay out less in medical fees; Demographics impact medical group turnover; and much more...

March 5, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Connecticut HMOs are financially healthy, partly because they're paying out less on medical costs, one analyst says. Article

> The demographics of physicians working in group practices are changing--and this is having a big impact on turnover. Release

> Like many private sector organizations, the Pentagon is arguing that it can't afford its …

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