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HealthLeaders Media Finance - March 8, 2010 | Bill Transparency: Lessons Learned South of the Border
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Bill Transparency: Lessons Learned South of the Border
Karen Minich-Pourshadi, Senior Editor-Finance
I was in Mexico recently on vacation. As my husband and I rode the public bus into Cancun city, we heard a sad tale. A man from Cozumel stood at the front of the bus and told us about his daughter who was gravely ill, suffering from hydrocephalus or "water on the brain." He learned that it would cost him $2,800 per week for the treatment, not including surgery. The tale got me thinking about how hospitals in the U.S. share costs with their patients—or don't share until after the fact, which is more often the case.
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March 8, 2010
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Editor's Picks
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Rival Texas Hospitals Bond For Meaningful Use And To Improve Care
It seems like everyone is more interested in squashing the competition than working with each other these days. Still, it's amazing what can be accomplished when four hospitals work together to achieve a common end. Senior Editor Cheryl Clark takes a look at how sometimes partnerships forged from fire can bring about marvelous change.
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ACOs May Lead to Health Insurer Partnerships with Physicians, Hospitals
What if there was no more fee-for-service? What if Accountable Care Organizations were the new solution to what ails the healthcare system? As Medicare and other healthcare and political leaders look for innovative ways to change the current state of healthcare, they may be turning to ACOs. Senior Editor Joe Cantlupe takes a look at what key players think about this approach.
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Insurers, White House Don't Agree on Who's to Blame for Rising Health Costs
When folks can't find a solution to a problem, they often prefer to find someone to blame for the mess instead—such is the case with the rising cost of healthcare. While some politicians and healthcare leaders strive to find a way to bring cost of care back into the realm of reality, others are pointing fingers. Find out who's blaming whom.
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Finance Forum
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Escalate Growth Through Strategic Planning
Strategic planning initiatives are designed to improve financial performance, market positioning, and mission success. In Part 1 of a two-part series, healthcare strategist Gabrielle DeTora argues that a decentralized but integrated process should challenge healthcare leaders to broaden their system-wide horizons and justify long-term implications of significant capital expenditures with long-term strategic positioning improvements.
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Finance Headlines
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AHA: New IRS Method Doesn't Show True Costs of Charity Care
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media - March 8, 2010
Congress Will Have Trouble Meeting President's Latest Health Reform Deadline
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media - March 8, 2010
Aetna CEO Ron Williams on insurance rates and healthcare reform
PBS - March 8, 2010
Democrats voice health-bill doubts
Wall Street Journal - March 8, 2010
Healthcare Must Expand Primary Care Models, Says Report
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media - March 5, 2010
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Money Talk
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Rating: CCC
Outlook: Stable
Affected Debt: $13.57
Agency: Standard & Poor's
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Audio Feature
CEOs Get the Cost Message Loud and Clear: Chris Jedrey, a partner with the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, discusses the setback on healthcare reform legislation and whether that will also set back health organizations' focus on cost and quality issues.
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