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NewsResearcher: Socioeconomics not to blame for readmission rates
Socioeconomic factors may not contribute to readmissions after all, according to a Yale researcher. Harlan Krumholz, professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, disputed Kaiser Health News' Read more...
Health IT push could widen gap between rich, poor patients
Could the government's push to digitize all medical records in the next five years end up working against its goal of providing quality care to all Americans? That's the question posed in an article Read more...
Hospital will turn away non-resident poor
Yet another public hospital will deny care to poor people to save money. Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota's largest public hospital, will stop giving nonemergency care to uninsured, Read more...
Reform means desperate times for safety net hospitals
Massachusetts hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients are facing financial crisis, trying to cut losses while still providing care for the state's poorest residents. Officials with these Read more...
Uninsured don't use ER more than insured, but Medicaid patients do
People without insurance were about as likely to use the emergency room as those with private health insurance in 2007, with utilization rates only a few percentage points higher, according to a new Read more...
Pay-for-performance programs can cause gaps in quality of coverage for obese, minority patients
Worsened care for minorities, as well as the obese and poorer people, could be an unintended consequence of physician pay-for-performance (P4P) systems unless they're adjusted to account for case Read more...
Case study: DC, MD face high ambulance diversion rates
Many parts of the country, unfortunately, face problems with ambulance diversion due to overcrowding in the emergency department. One prime example can be found in the D.C. metropolitan area, where Read more...
MD officials recommend required charity care for hospitals
A state agency responsible for setting hospital rates has suggested that Maryland law be changed to require hospitals to expand charity care levels and give financial-assistance information to every Read more...
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