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Web Exclusive: GAO: Some Hospitals Are Overpaid with DSH Payments
Despite changes in the laws, some hospitals may have been receiving supplemental payments from states for uncompensated...
Casa Olga Intermediate Care Facility to close
Casa Olga Intermediate Care Facility in Palo Alto, CA, a 35-year-old center that provides care to psychiatric patients...
Hospitals pay for cutting costly readmissions
Millions of patients each year leave the hospital only to return within weeks or months for lack of proper follow-up...
Feds join lawsuit against Tennessee-based Community Health Systems
The federal government has joined a whistle-blower lawsuit that contends Franklin, TN-based hospital chain Community...
Hospitals' use of observation stay is questioned
The rise in the number of patients under observation care is increasing concern in some medical quarters. The number of...
How do hospitals get paid? A primer
In this posting from the New York Times, Princeton Prof. Uwe E. Reinhardt provides a window into public perception of...
Rhode Island hospitals: Cuts in budget could 'destroy us'
Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri wants the state's community hospitals to give up nearly $32 million in the coming...
Web Exclusive: Weathering the Financial Storm
Everyone is feeling the pinch of the ailing economy, as the stock market continues its freefall, the government bails...
Providers await details of Obama healthcare plan
As chief executive of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Harry Jacobson, MD, likes President-elect Obama’s...
McKesson signs billing deal
McKesson will handle all billing and collection operations for Lucile Packard Medical Group. The group includes the...

Newsletter: Managed Care Contracting and Reimbursement Advisor
Managed Care Contracting & Reimbursement Advisor tells you exactly what you must know and do to successfully negotiate...
Book: Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers:
The Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide is a must-have resource for managed care directors and their staff. It...
Book: Beyond the Contract:
This hands-on survival guide will help you prepare for negotiating sessions by delivering techniques and strategies you...
Book: The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers
This book focuses on methods to forge a partnership between healthcare providers and managed care payers. It contains...
Book: Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers:
A guide to fundamental case management responsibilities, Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers serves as a training...
Video: Managing Length of Stay
This video with CD-ROM uses "right way" and "wrong way" scenarios to deliver helpful, practical...
Book: The Physician Queries Handbook:
The Physician Queries Handbook provides practical, tips and best practices for querying physicians on a concurrent or...