Kelsey Brimmer
The healthcare industry recognizes the need to reduce its impact on the environment, yet sustainability isn't always a high priority among the decision makers at individual U.S. hospitals. Here are some ideas to help your facility get started.
According to a study published this week in Health Affairs, the Great Recession did not have a permanent negative financial impact on vulnerable hospitals, such as safety net facilities, or those considered financially weak prior to the recession. However, this doesn't mean these same hospitals will fare so well in coming years.
A new Medicare prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers offers improved reimbursement rates.
Increased admissions drove revenue gains for Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Community Health Systems in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 2013. Both for-profit hospital firms appear confident midway through Q2.
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is likely to lead to increased profitability for hospital emergency departments.
A recent analysis of the federal government's 340B drug discount program suggests that program eligibility is too broad and that lawmakers need to tighten it, which may mean that hundreds of hospitals currently in the program would be booted out.
As lawmakers try to understand the ultimate causes of the recent slowdown in healthcare spending growth, their determinations will eventually translate into policies that will impact healthcare businesses of all types.
The decision by lawmakers to delay implementation of ICD-10 by a year will give hospitals extra time to get ready for the transition, but will have a negative financial impact.
Last week, Consumer Reports released new safety scores for 2,591 U.S. hospitals. The magazine is just one of a number of organizations that rates hospitals on safety. Should hospitals care about all these rankings?
Critical access hospitals in five states are facing a spring deadline to apply for participation in a federal program aiming to develop and test new models of integrated, coordinated healthcare in rural communities.