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Emergency department doctors sue California
Frustrated by low reimbursement--and the threat of further cuts--a group of emergency department doctors have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of California. The suit contends that... Read more...
TX legislators propose standard for valuing hospital charity care
A work group appointed by Texas legislators has proposed a standard for calculating the cost of charity care provided by the state's non-profit hospitals, with the idea of determining the actual... Read more...
Case study: Detroit med school carries $50M/year in uncompensated care
If you're an urban medical school, you expect to care for a high volume of the city's struggling poor and uninsured patients. That's particularly true in Detroit, where Wayne State University cares... Read more...
