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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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 wasn&#82...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 24, 2008
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...