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THOUGH MOST PATIENTS would rather stay at their local hospital for any procedure, sizable increases in healthcare costs, co-payments and transparency efforts – coupled with high numbers of unins...
In some "very critical areas," Joint Commission-accredited hospitals have improved the quality of patient care over a six-year period, saving lives and improving the health of thousands of p...
MEDIA, PA – Change isn’t always welcome, especially at hospitals. Over time, staff become used to the old ways of doing things and aren’t ready to give them up.That wasnR...
CLEVELAND, OH – Medical Mutual of Ohio’s several hundred employer groups of 100 or more employees now have access to an interest-free credit card to pay healthcare services within six mont...
WASHINGTON – Healthcare leaders are optimistic that President-elect Barack Obama will follow through on his pledge to expand access to care and commit $50 billion over five years to advance heal...
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to extend healthcare to uninsured Americans will be beneficial to hospitals, medical centers and hospital equipment makers, according to Mo...
WASHINGTON – As the industry anticipates major changes from Washington, D.C., payers are forging ahead with their own healthcare reforms.Healthcare IT and the introduction of products t...
As this issue of Healthcare Finance News went to press, we learned that Tom Daschle, former Democratic senator from South Dakota and Senate Majority Leader, was to be nominated secretary of the U.S. D...
A recent survey by insurance provider Aflac revealed that 86 percent of registered nurses said a hospital's benefit package is one of the top criteria for accepting employment, with 75 percent preferr...
MUNCIE, IN – Two major central Indiana health systems are moving toward a merger that could bring financial benefits to all five hospitals involved.The Cardinal Health System, based in...