Community Benefit
Leaders share what is still needed to provide the best care while safeguarding the health of the sector.
Healthcare law expanded Medicaid to tens of thousands of previously uninsured patients, providing new revenue streams for rural hospitals.
For every $100,000 that a hospital spent on safety programs, it realized an average $315,000 savings thanks to fewer infected patients, investigators found.
In states that embraced the health law, centers saw fewer uninsured, more revenue, further extended their reach.
Eliminating the waiting room sends the message that the hospital is waiting for the patients, not the other way around, said Feinberg.
The design and construction of both inpatient and outpatient facilities has helped hospitals become a major economic force.
Over the past three years, the sprawling VA system has come under fire from Congress because veterans were waiting too long to see a doctor.
The findings were consistent with a September report by the Congressional Budget Office which indicated many hospitals would be underwater.
The study builds on existing research that confirms nutrition can be a simple, cost-effective tool.
Only 2.5 percent of psychiatric patients seen at transitional care clinic return to ER within three months.