Three New Hampshire hospitals on the state’s western border are suing Vermont and the federal government because they say they are paid substantially lower reimbursement rates to treat Vermont Medicaid patients compared to their counterparts on the other side of the Connecticut River.
The number of Americans who worry about bankruptcy if they have a serious health issue has spiked over the last year and a half — particularly among men, people of color and young adults, according to a new survey from West Health and Gallup.
Slightly more than $50 million in federal COVID-19 grants did the trick for Einstein Healthcare Network. Einstein, anchored by a safety net hospital in North Philadelphia, had an operating profit in the three months ended June 30 and finished its fiscal year with an operating loss of a bit more than $4 million, about the same as the year before.
The Huntsville Hospital Health System announced its new chief financial officer on Monday. Clinton Carter will start his position as CFO in early October. The system said in a statement on Monday that Carter is a native of Madison County and comes to Huntsville from the University of North Carolina System where he's the senior vice president for finance and administration and CFO of the University of North Carolina System.
The federal government allows states to recoup Medicaid costs after the deaths of patients who use the program. Estate recovery allows homes to be seized and sold to pay off expended Medicaid dollars, a move advocates decry as penalizing low-income families, and making Medicaid into a loan program.