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NewsHospitals use post-discharge clinics to cut readmissions
With the industry focused on reducing readmissions, some hospitals are sending patients to post-discharge clinics to prevent them from returning. Hospitalists, primary care physicians, or Read more...
Hospitals offer jobs, economic growth during hard times
Hospitals do more than provide medical care in New Jersey; they serve as a reliable source of jobs, income taxes, and spending in the midst of an economic slump. The Garden State had $18.6 billion in Read more...
Your new editor endures the trials of health insurance
I'm thrilled to be FierceHealthcare's newest Editor. Although I must admit: The thrill of this new job, including my shiny desk and the smell of a new reporter's notebook, was somewhat hampered by Read more...
Uninsured Americans reach 52 million
The number of Americans who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year reached 52 million in 2010, report the Commonwealth Fund and Bloomberg News. That number is roughly 40 percent higher Read more...
Federal funding cuts force hospital to slash 100 jobs
To help close a $25 million gap in federal funding, Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital plans to cut 100 jobs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The layoffs will cut about $6 million from Read more...
Hospital in dire straits, could face shutdown
County-run University Medical Center in Las Vegas may have to close in three years if something drastic isn't done to save it, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. By 2014, UMC could find itself Read more...
Arizona hospital group supports $300M bed tax
To avoid humongous cuts to Medicaid proposed by Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona hospitals say they are open to a tax on hospital revenue or a $300 million bed tax, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. Read more...
State charged $239M for Medicaid overpayments
Much to the chagrin of health officials in Louisiana, the state owes $239.5 million for overpayments made by the Department of Health and Hospitals to charity hospitals run by the state to care for Read more...
Cleveland Clinic cuts charity care, blames economy
In an effort to cut costs during the still sluggish economy, the Cleveland Clinic will stop providing care to uninsured patients who can't pay, aren't eligible for government assistance and who live Read more...
Doctors offer discount services through social media
In addition to Facebook and Twitter, healthcare companies are also using online discount coupon sites like Groupon to promote their services, attracting a large number of uninsured people with their Read more...
| Press ReleasesSSM Health Care Upgrades Revenue Cycle with PassportAward-Winning Regional System Overhauling Technology, Processes FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Passport Health Communications Inc. has announced a contract to deliver revenue cycle software and Read more >> Uninsured Patients Receive Free Surgeries from Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical CenterFamily Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles Partnered with Kaiser Permanente to Provide Much Needed Surgeries to a Dozen Uninsured Patients DOWNEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Patients from Read more >> LIVENGOOD Medical Launches Innovative Mobile Patient Care Environment for Emergency DepartmentsMobile Solution Enables Hospitals to Ease Overcrowding and Increase Patient-Care Space LOVELAND, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LIVENGOOD Medical, the leader in Mobile Patient Care Environments, announced Read more >> The Standard Charitable Foundation grants $15,000 to Virginia Garcia Memorial Health CenterGrant supports primary care for under- and uninsured patients in Washington and Yamhill counties PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Standard Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Read more >> Washington Hospital Board of Directors Forgives Loan to Tri-City Health CenterFREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Washington Township Health Care District Board of Directors voted Wednesday night in favor of forgiving the balance of an emergency, low-interest loan it Read more >> |
