Johns Hopkins Hospital has filed more than 2,400 lawsuits in Maryland courts since 2009 against patients with unpaid bills, including a large number of residents from distressed neighborhoods surrounding the East Baltimore medical campus.
Keeping a lid on expenses and executing a strategy for growth in a tough market is paying dividends for a Washington County hospital, new financials suggest. Total income from operations at Washington Hospital, which was founded in 1897, was $10.5 million for the nine months ending March 31, up 138% from $4.4 million for the same period in 2018.
Many people know by now that the United States spends much more on health care than any other country, and that health outcomes are not a lot better (and in many instances worse). That raises the question: Is our health care spending actually worth it?
There are plenty of healthcare stocks with great opportunities. Only a few, though, have a commanding presence in their respective markets. Teladoc Health is definitely one of them.
Carilion Clinic on Wednesday announced a $300 million expansion to Roanoke Memorial Hospital that includes a new tower to care for emergency and heart patients, a new behavioral health hospital across Jefferson Street and a parking garage and pedestrian skyway to connect it all.
Earlier this week, former vice president and current presidential hopeful Joe Biden made one of the more unusual arguments against Medicare for All. “Right now you have this … overwhelming number of employers who are paying into the health care plan. Why let them off the hook? All the sudden they don’t have to pay anything?”