profits
HHS advisories give guidance on doctor gain-sharing
With the release of two new advisory opinions by HHS, it's clearer now how hospitals can share cost savings with doctors without running afoul of regulators. One of the two opinions address address... Read more...
Kaiser hospital admin steps down
The administrator at Kaiser Permanente's Fresno hospital stepped down yesterday, days after CMS Read more...
NJ to help surgery centers out of legal bind
Recently, a New Jersey state court ruled that ambulatory-surgery centers owned by physicians Read more...
Ex-Triad execs form hospital acquisition group
A group of former executives from Triad Hospitals have started a new company which will acquire hospitals in joint ventures with not-for-profit systems. The company, Legacy Hospital Partners of... 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...
Will ASC profits begin to fall?
Now, folks, I'm no economist, but if I were one, I'd find the ASC market in Pennsylvania to be pretty intriguing right now. As you'll see elsewhere in this issue, a new state report suggests that... Read more...
Will ASC profits begin to fall?
Now, folks, I'm no economist, but if I were one, I'd find the ASC market in Pennsylvania to be pretty intriguing right now. As you'll see elsewhere in this issue, a new state report suggests that... Read more...
Number of PA ASCs keeps growing, but profits level off
Standard market economics have kicked in surprisingly late in Pennsylvania. After several years of hothouse growth, and corresponding increases in profits, margins at the state's ambulatory surgical... Read more...
AHA makes headway on community-benefit reporting
The American Hospital Association has won broad support from the U.S. House of Representatives in its attempt to change the IRS's proposed community-benefit reporting rules. More than 300 members of... Read more...
