Community Benefit
Group wants federal government to fully fund the Medicaid programs of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, territories still reeling from major hurricanes.
Older adults with delirium have longer hospital stays, higher care costs, and increased rates of death and institutionalization.
Partnerships brought in surgeons, helped keep revenue in house by cutting transfers and costs, study showed.
Hospitals put $75 to $100 million into housing projects to limit unnecessary ER visits and reduce wasteful health care spending for homeless.
A New York hospital volunteer team is heading to Puerto Rico to treat patients while Sutter Health donates to wildfire relief after closing hospital.
Of the $67.4 billion in community benefits, $34.7 billion was comprised of financial assistance, unreimbursed Medicaid, and other unreimbursed costs.
California healthcare giant made identical pledge to International Medical Corps to help Mexico's earthquake recovery.
The large facility replicates a hospital in order to give practical training to medical students.
The money is going to programs to improve health through telemedicine, at home care, portable technology, transportation and drug and other screenings.
Rural populations suffer from numerous health disparities and poorer outcomes than those in urban settings, putting pressure on hospitals.