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Poor reimbursement rates for vaccines have become a problem for many family and pediatric physicians and the costs are dragging their practices down.
Maine makes Medicaid payments to hospitals;Major Chicago health system cuts jobs;Atlanta health system halts building projects;Philadelphia hospital to close in summer 2009
A healthcare network in upstate New York has settled a class-action lawsuit that alleges hospitals conspired to depress the wages of registered nurses.
A recent survey by The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania reveals that the economic environment for the state’s general acute-care hospitals has not improved since the end of 2008, and in some areas has worsened.
As economic difficulties continue to hit hospitals hard, two Milwaukee-area health systems have decided to share certain hospital-based physician services in an attempt to save money.
The value of care offered to hospital patients can vary by as much as 40 percent across the United States, according to a recent study examining quality, affordability, efficiency and patient satisfaction at more than 3,000 hospitals.
Before 2008, Southwest General Health Center was exceeding its budget for total labor costs. The private, not-for-profit 354-bed facility implemented Kronos' workforce management and labor analytics tools by the end of 2007 and achieved $10 million annual labor cost savings for 2008.
Richard Pizzi interviewed Gary, Pickens, chief research officer, Center for Healthcare Improvement
Today’s hospital-based practices are facing an increasing number of complex challenges – from ever more complicated coding and compliance issues to managed care pressures that impact cash flow.
Hospital officials will take good news wherever they can find it these days.