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KS Blue plan stops paying for preventable errors
Another health plan has announced that it will stop paying for complications arising from preventable errors by hospitals. This time it's Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which stands as Read more...
FL hospital staffers charged with $7M kickback scheme
A group of former employees of a Miami-based hospital have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accused of involving the hospital in a kickback scheme with a medical supply company that Read more...
Part of HCA staffing class-action lawsuit reinstated
A federal appeals court has given plaintiffs in a class-action suit against HCA another bite at the apple. The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Wichita, KS in 2006 on behalf of the Read more...
Trend: Healthcare chains pick up acquisitions pace
Over the past couple of years, some of the largest hospital chains have been struggling to pay down massive amounts of debt resulting from acquisitions and mergers. But things may be changing, if Read more...
Case study: OH hospital pays for bills for competing hospitals
One Ohio hospital is so bent on putting together a comparison shopping tool that it's willing to pay patients for competitive information. Alliance (OH) Community Hospital is paying patients $100 for Read more...
Hospitals requiring upfront cash payments
Of late, a growing number of hospitals--including not-for-profits--have been insisting on cash payments before they offer services to non-emergency patients. While it may not generate the best PR, Read more...
ALSO NOTED: More NV clinics to be cited for dangerous practices;CA investigates hospital power failure; and much more...
> As though one clinic re-using needles and drug vials wasn't enough, it appears that other Nevada clinics may soon be cited for similar practices. Read more...
LifePoint hospitals sees 30% profit drop for '07
It seems that LifePoint Hospitals took a beating in fiscal 2007. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based chain said that despite raised revenues, profits fell 20 percent, undermined by volume losses of 15 percent Read more...
HCA sees debt rising until patients get insured
HCA is telling federal lawmakers and officials a grim story. Unless federal authorities expand coverage of uninsured patients, it expects to see bad-debt expenses keep rising at 18 percent to 20 Read more...
NC health insurer posts cost data online
North Carolina's largest health insurer has begun posting prices online for hundreds of healthcare services and procedures, in a move which is likely to spark imitations by other competing health Read more...
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