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How Do Hospital CEOs Feel About the Healthcare Economy?
Philip Betbeze, Senior Editor-Leadership
The majority of CEOs, representing a broad swath of industries, expect to increase their companies' profits in the next year, a Conference Board study says. Can the same level of confidence be found in the hospital sector? Our own survey results specifically for hospital CEOs won't be out for a few months. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun guessing what the prevailing attitudes are right now. [Read More] |
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July 16, 2010 |
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House Members Call on CMS to Change Hospital Payment Reductions
So you thought the cost of healthcare was coming down? Think again. If hospitals have their way, they will avoid a potential 2.9% cut in reimbursement from Medicare that CMS plans to introduce in 2011. My colleague Janice Simmons says hospital lobbying groups have already convinced many legislators to argue against the cuts, saying they?re treating sicker patients. I had to laugh when I read that one, because hospital administrators have been privately scoffing at doctors' claims of the same nature when analyzing their quality results. The delicious irony doesn't mean hospitals aren?t right, but it doesn?t mean they are either. [Read More]
Providers Must Cut Costs as Reimbursements Slide, Study Says
Here's a succinct story that encapsulates all it seems like we've been reporting on for the past six months or so. Reimbursement levels will never be higher than they are now, and leaders had better be prepared to get more efficient. The statistics can be scary. Hospitals would have to cut direct costs by an average of $1,082 per case?14%?to sustain operating margins if average inpatient reimbursements from commercial insurers were paid at today's Medicare rates, according the study. [Read More]
Meaningful Use Final Rule Released by HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released two long?awaited "meaningful use" final regulations yesterday that will specify what physicians and hospitals will have to do to receive up to $27 billion in bonus Medicare payments for adoption of electronic health records. [Read More]
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