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NewsHospitals stuck with costly, lingering patients
Hospitals in New York City provide millions of dollars in non-reimbursed care for patients well enough to leave but can't be discharged, reports The New York Times. These patients may be illegal Read more...
Homeless patient death calls for hospital response policy changes
Following an investigation into the death of a homeless man at California's Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, hospital officials said they are changing their policies for people found on hospital grounds Read more...
Recuperative centers help homeless patients post-discharge
Under healthcare reform, the 57 current recuperative centers in the country will expand with more programs, reports the Los Angeles Times. Aimed at cutting down on hospital stays and emergency Read more...
Hospital holding company pays $125K in dumping case
Four years after Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center of Inglewood, Calif., allegedly dropped a woman with chronic lung problems at a closed West Los Angeles homeless shelter, the hospital's Read more...
Hospitalized homeless patients may incur higher costs
Homeless individuals, when hospitalized, may cost on average $2,500 more per stay than other patients because of seriously related health conditions and longer lengths of stay, Canadian researchers Read more...
Fraud scheme involving homeless brings $10M false claims settlement
The two former owners of City of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles have agreed to pay $10 million to settle False Claims allegations that they provided unnecessary medical services to homeless Read more...
Study: Homeless more likely to use ambulance
A new study concludes that homeless people are more likely than other patients to arrive at U.S. hospitals by ambulance, and more than twice as likely than other patients to be uninsured. The study, Read more...
CA was aware of problems at hospital doing questionable admissions
Earlier this month, a group of California hospitals made national headlines when the news broke that they'd allegedly been recruiting and admitting homeless patients and giving them questionable Read more...
Los Angeles issues new rule limiting discharges
After a long battle over the alleged dumping of homeless patients in the street, the city of Los Angeles has enacted a new ordinance making it a misdemeanor for hospitals to transport a patient to a Read more...
| Press ReleasesHospital Association Offers Homeless Patients a Place to HealLocal Hospitals, the National Health Foundation and West Coast University Partner to Offer Area Hospitals Grants to Pilot New Recuperative Care Program LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Homeless Read more >> |
