Community Benefit

Investment in community-based health centers could save states millions of dollars a year, according to a study conducted by The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

"Much is given by hospitals, more is asked," read the headline in the May 31 Boston Globe. And that pretty much sums it up.

Repeating his message that Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat OMB Director Peter Orszag goes into the not exactly friendly territory of the WSJ Opinion pages and explains that practice variation is unnecessary and wasteful, comparative effectiveness research is a good idea. and that changing financial incentives for providers is necessary if we are ever to get health care costs under control.

More healthcare finance news from the state and community level, where the rubber meets the road.

In a recent interview, Alan Channing, president and CEO of Sinai Health Systems in Chicago, discussed the challenges that his 'have not' health system faces on a daily basis.