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ALSO NOTED: Medicaid cuts could slice $1B from NY medical education; IL woman wins $15M med mal settlement; and much more...
> If Medicaid cuts take place as expected, New York's medical education programs could take a big hit. Read more...
UPMC CEO's $3.95M pay draws attention
In a world where the bar keeps moving higher, it seems that bar has gone up yet again. It looks like University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CEO Jeffrey Romoff was paid almost $3.95 million in total... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: CMS approves initial DME vendors for competitive bidding program; Nonprofit hospitals begin giving away EMRs; and m
> CMS has approved an initial group of 325 medical equipment suppliers to participate in its new competitive-bidding program, despite questions hanging over the second phase of the program. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals offer more charity care; Senate approves health IT fund; and much more...
> Non-profits have begun offering charity to more patients in an effort to impress the IRS. Read more...
"Free care" visits to Mass. hospitals plummeting
A new study by the Massachusetts Hospital Association has concluded that the number of "free care" visits to hospitals have fallen dramatically over the past three years. Such visits declined 28... Read more...
Mass. AG investigates non-profits' help to communities
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has pulled together a task force to investigate whether not-for-profit hospitals and HMOs are meeting their obligations under the state's Community... Read more...
Next year full of healthcare wild cards
Well, happy 2008, readers! Hope you had a great holiday break, and are back, renewed, refreshed and ready to power up for this year's challenges. During 2007, we're proud to say that... Read more...
Feds to crank up non-profit charity demands
Watch out, charity hospitals--Sen. Chuck Grassley is coming after you. In recent times, the Iowa Senator has been on the warpath over what he considers to be inadequate levels of charity care... Read more...
PwC: Next year could see big healthcare shifts
A new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that next year could be a big one for the healthcare industry, with major structural changes afoot which could change the industry. These include... Read more...
HealthSouth gets back $440 million from IRS
The IRS has given back $440 million to HealthSouth Corp., refunding taxes it overpaid when it filed inflated income statements from 1996 to 1999. The added cash should help the new HealthSouth... Read more...
