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NewsHospital tacking on extra fees for outpatient clinic affiliations
With integrated delivery systems and hospital-practice affiliations gaining traction across the industry, more patients are finding added charges on their bills. That's because some hospitals are Read more...
Mayo, Cleveland Clinic launch practice affiliations
Careful not to call them mergers or acquisitions, Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic separately are launching campaigns to affiliate with physician practices, American Medical News reports. Although Read more...
Hospital board fires CEO
After a dispute over financials, the board of Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial University Medical Center ousted the hospital's president and CEO Phillip Schaengold yesterday night, the Savannah Morning Read more...
Facility fees continue to bedevil patients
As we've noted previously in this publication, charging patients both physician and facility fees isn't popular with consumers. Many consumers feel taken by surprise, and often rather angry, when Read more...
Report: Five medical home recommendations for states
The "medical home" concept is all the rage these days, as many health leaders believe that it can cut costs and improve patient management. The question, however, is what model works best, as the Read more...
Study: Patients often not informed about abnormal test findings
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has drawn a disturbing conclusion--that physicians frequently don't tell patients when they have an abnormal test result. The researchers, Read more...
FTC should reconsider healthcare antitrust standards
These days, doctors can't win for losing. On the one hand, they're supposed to be part of the solution when it comes to healthcare costs, but if they get aggressive in negotiating together, they'll Read more...
Doctors getting flexible with payment arrangements
When the economy falls apart, doctors feel it, up close and personal. These days, with a vicious recession still lingering like a cloud over the country, physicians are finding that even prosperous Read more...
Doctors going back to house calls
If you're not a boomer, it's likely you've never seen a doctor in your home--after all, house calls have been out of vogue for quite some time--but of late, there are signs that this may change. Read more...
Physicians struggle to keep their practices afloat
Physicians' practices are seeing revenue falling this year instead of rising like last year, no doubt because of the slowing economy. So what are they doing to try to stay afloat? A survey of 75 Read more...
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