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Pennsylvania ambulatory surgery centers flourishing despite recession
Last time we checked in on the ambulatory surgery center market, it was doing very nicely overall, but that was before the worst of the economic crisis had hit. You could be forgiven if you thought... Read more...
PA hospitals see declining financial health
Like hospitals across the U.S., Pennsylvania's hospitals are struggling financially. The sad thing is, they were fighting for survival even before the recession hit its peak, according to a new... Read more...
PA study documents high cost of hospital infections
Everyone in the hospital industry knows that patients who contract an infection during their inpatient stay are much more costly to treat than those who don't. Now, there's another study out... Read more...
MA Health Care Quality and Cost Council struggles to stay in existence
Are state agencies aimed at containing the cost of health care going the way of the dinosaurs? It definitely seems that way as we see that the Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council is... Read more...
PA senators work to save PHC4
If things remain as they are, it seems that the nationally-recognized healthcare data monitoring agency known as the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) will die on November 30.... Read more...
Study: PA hospital death rates for heart-bypass surgery hit new low
New research from a state group has concluded that the in-hospital death rate for heart-bypass surgery patients in Pennsylvania hit its lowest level in more than a decade during 2006. Bypass patient... Read more...
PA hospitals' overall financial health improves
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council concluded that while the overall financial health of the state's hospitals improved, small community hospitals in rural areas... Read more...
Hospital rates for some PA HMOs patients rising
For decades, it's looked like HMOs had pretty much cracked the problem of keeping hospitalization rates at a minimum across broad populations. But for some reason, that doesn't seem to be the case in... Read more...
PA puts hospital quality data online
A Pennsylvania group has launched a new website offering quality reports that compare hospital performance and outcomes for the state. On the site, which includes data from all 162 primary acute... Read more...
