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NewsMedicaid cuts loom despite overdue reimbursements
Hospitals across the country are preparing for looming cuts to Medicaid reimbursements, all while waiting for millions of dollars in owed payments. In Maine, a deal passed unanimously yesterday will Read more...
Medicaid cuts force hospitals to find new revenue sources or lose 46K jobs
Thousands of jobs may be eliminated at Florida hospitals, thanks to a proposed 2012 state budget that will slash Medicaid payments by $2 billion, according to the Florida Hospital Association (FHA). Read more...
State owes $35M in Medicaid errors
Although hospitals in New Hampshire cut their state tax fee by $50 million last month, the state will be paying $35.8 million back to the federal government starting next year. According to the Read more...
Employment paradox: Hospitals hiring, firing workers
While escalating costs and shrinking state reimbursements are forcing hospitals to preemptively lay off workers, health reform (and the influx of patients that comes along with it) is causing those Read more...
More mass layoffs as hospitals face payment cuts
With state budget cuts to Medicaid reimbursements and a weak economy, more hospitals are turning to mass layoffs to conserve resources, according to an Advisory Board Company report. Hospitals had 13 Read more...
Medicare cuts to cost 195K hospital jobs
Following reports that hospital jobs are on the chopping block, thanks in part to state budget cuts to Medicaid reimbursements comes an American Hospital Association report saying a 2 percent cut in Read more...
NH Attorney General: Hospitals can't sue for Medicaid payments
Hospitals do not have the right to sue for or expect Medicaid payment under federal law, according to the New Hampshire state attorney general. Ten New Hampshire hospitals this summer sued the state Read more...
Community health centers sue state over shortchanged Medicaid payments
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is taking heat for allegedly shortchanging Medicaid reimbursements for eight community health centers over the past decade, the Charleston Read more...
Children's docs avoid rural, low income areas
Despite ample pediatricians or family doctors in the U.S., many kids continue to go without care due to lack of an available doctor in their region, according to a study published this week in the Read more...
Hospital says IA House speaker used position for retaliation
An Iowa hospital is accusing state House Speaker Pat Murphy of using his position to punish it after a labor dispute involving his wife. The facility, Dubuque-based Finley Hospital, notes that the Read more...
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