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When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price A Florida program designed to reduce doctors' malpractice bills strips families of their right to sue, offering instead a one-time...
Finance
Despite COVID, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal BailoutSome of the nation's richest hospitals and health systems recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting the...
Revenue Cycle
OIG: Mississippi-based Hospital Overcharged Medicare $67k for Polysomnography ServicesTo determine whether Medicare claims that North Mississippi submitted for polysomnography services complied with Medicare requirements, the OIG reviewed a...
Strategy
OIG: U.S. Hospitals in 'Survival Mode'Hospital finances are stressed, care access is threatened, and staff are burned out.
Strategy
AHA, Health System CEOs Urge Senate to Extend Freeze on Medicare Sequester CutsRick Pollack was joined by CEOs of University Hospitals Health System, Mon Health System, and Our Lady of the Lake...
Finance
Kaufman Hall: February Hospital Margins 'Slim to Negative'As COVID-19 volumes declined in February, hospitals saw new admissions, margins and revenues fall.
Covid-19
Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child HungerThe financial fallout of covid-19 has pushed child hunger to record levels.
Strategy
Quest Diagnostics to Acquire Mercy Outreach Lab Services BusinessThe acquisition is a step to "broaden access to innovative convenient lab services" in the Midwest and is slated to...
Revenue Cycle
OIG: BCBS of Michigan Overpaid the Federal Government $14.5M for Certain High-Risk DiagnosesThe Office of Inspector General audit found that most of the selected ICD-10-CM codes that BCBSM submitted to CMS for...
Finance
Hospital Revenues in 2021 Could Drop $122B Below Pre-pandemic LevelsA new forecast suggests that pandemic-related financial stressors will continue well into the new year and could threaten patient care...
Finance
Pandemic Continues to Strain Hospital Volumes, Margins, Revenues in 2021Year-over-year volumes fell across most metrics as many healthcare consumers continued to avoid or delay care.
Finance
CommonSpirit Q2 Revenues Rose to $8.2B, Up 7.5%Excluding CARES Act money, revenues hit $8 billion, operating income was $70 million, a 0.9% margin, and EBITDA was $544,...