Hospitals
« Previous EntriesIllinois High Court: Nonprofit Hospital Can Be Taxed
Friday, March 19th, 2010An Illinois Catholic medical center isn’t a charitable enterprise and must pay property taxes, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday in a case that has been closely watched by hospitals nationwide.
GAMC compromise reached
Thursday, March 18th, 2010The bill detailing a compromise on General Assistance Medical Care has received committee approval and could be on the House floor as soon as March 22.
Record sharing rules approved
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Minnesota health care providers stand to receive upwards of $400 million in Medicare and Medicaid incentives if the state can show it has a system for regulating the companies that facilitate health information exchanges.
Health Care Plan for Low-Income Population Announced
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Saint Paul – Following negotiations, Governor Pawlenty and legislative leaders today announced an agreement to provide continued health care for Minnesota’s low income population. The plan will replace General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC).
The agreement establishes substantial payment reforms to the state’s health care system.
“This agreement includes meaningful health care reform and…
Hospital infections killed 48,000, report shows
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught in U.S. hospitals killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion in 2006, according to a report released on Monday.
When Hospital Fees Catch You Off Guard
Sunday, December 13th, 2009When patients visit some doctors’ offices and urgent-care clinics, they’re increasingly running into something unexpected: billing as though they had gone to a hospital.
The fees, which sometimes amount to hundreds of dollars, can result when hospitals own physician practices, urgent-care centers and other operations . . .
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AARP: 20-33% Medicare beneficiaries readmitted to hospitals
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“Another serious problem we’ve been hearing about lately is that of hospitals discharging older patients without any follow-up, or ‘transitional,’ services. One of every five Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge; and one of every three, within 90 days – often because of poor communication between patients, caregivers and healthcare providers.” –…
Cutting Repeat Hospital Trips — Simple Idea, Hard to Pull Off
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009PITTSFIELD, Mass. — One prescription for slashing billions of dollars from America’s health-care spending will come down to questions like this: Can hospitals persuade discharged patients such as Betty Beauchaine to pass up a Fourth of July hot dog?…
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HCHS Policy Hospital Visits
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009From June 29 to July 6, 2009, hospitals around the state hosted roundtable discussions for
members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Health Care and Human Services Policy
Committee and local legislators regarding the line-item veto of the General Assistance Medical
Care (GAMC) program…
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Hospitals Expected to Agree to $155 Billion in Healthcare Savings
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Three press organizations wrote good pieces on the same subject. Here are the links to all of them.
The nation’s hospitals agreed last night to contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward the cost of insuring the 47 million Americans without health coverage, according to two industry sources..
Washington Post :http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070604053.html
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