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Study: Gain-sharing with physicians controls hospital costs

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new study has concluded that paying physicians a cash reward to cut hospital spending cuts costs without harming care quality or access. Some policymakers have raised concerns that such programs... Read more...

IA bill exempts some hospitals from CON process

May 5, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Iowa lawmakers have approved a bill that would strike down the state's certificate of need rules, at least as they apply to the state's 82 small, rural hospitals. The bill, which certainly makes the... Read more...

GA may approve sweeping CON changes

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Georgia seems well on its way to approving a new bill that would remove most of the state's Certificate of Need restrictions. The state House of Representatives is considering a measure, championed... Read more...

HHS advisories give guidance on doctor gain-sharing

February 7, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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...

HHS Ok's hospital/physician gainsharing

January 16, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Two gainsharing arrangements between a hospital and physician groups have gotten an OK in advisory opinions from the HHS Inspector General's office. The ruling assures the applicant(s) that they'd be... Read more...

Study: Rural patients get fewer organ transplants

January 9, 2008 — 7:59am ET
A new study suggests that patients living in rural areas are less likely to get organ transplants, or even be put on organ donor waiting lists, though they don't see worse outcomes once they do... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Medicare changing hospital reimbursement; Bill would speed up Part D reimbursement; and much more...

August 13, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Brace yourself: it looks like Medicare is about to change the way it pays hospitals. Blog > On another Medicare note,... Read more...

CMS seeks rural hospitals for gainsharing program

July 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

CMS has begun recruiting rural hospitals for a demonstration project which will examine the impact of gainsharing projects on such hospitals. (Gainsharing refers to programs under which hospitals pay physicians a share of any savings generated by mutual quality and efficiency-improvement efforts.) Under the gainsharing program, the hospitals will be asked to provide their own measures of whether they've managed to improve quality and efficiency of care for Medicare beneficiaries. The …

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ALSO NOTED: Device makers protest Medicare cuts; King-Harbor patients may be dispersed; and much more...

June 25, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Medical imaging manufacturers are lobbying Congress to overturn Medicare cutbacks which reduce how much doctors are paid for running varied diagnostic tests. Article

> As they think through the possible closure of King-Harbor hospital, Los Angeles County officials are looking at whether nearby hospitals can absorb the added patient load. …

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Hospital building boom spikes in Arizona

May 28, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Hospitals are pouring big bucks into expansions across the U.S., but the trend is particularly marked in Arizona, whose hospital infrastructure has fallen behind as the state has grown. Right now, the state only has two inpatient beds per 1,000 residents, compared with an average of 2.8 inpatient beds per 1,000 nationwide. In response, the state's hospitals have set plans for $3.3 billion worth of building over the next five years. The construction process will add about 2,900 beds across …

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