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As hospitals and health systems launch construction projects and refinance debt in order to remain competitive in the marketplace, they should be considering all their capital financing options, said Thomas R. Green, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm Lancaster Pollard.
Nearly nine-of-ten members of the general public think the cost of healthcare in this country is a serious problem and two-thirds say the problem has gotten worse in the past five years according to a new poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), NPR and Harvard School of Public Health.
Working with video conference and communications firm Polycom, St. Vincent Health System recently launched a new telehealth system, which has shown big results in a short time.
Opposition to the legalization of medicinal marijuana in the absence of scientific studies that demonstrate its safety and efficacy led the list of resolutions adopted by physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) at the organization's annual meeting of its House of Delegates on May 19 in Boston.
Care managers take the time that physicians often don't have to get to know patients who have chronic and multiple conditions and require a lot of services. The use of care managers in this new Hudson Valley-based program is already showing improved results for readmissions.
Per capita spending on healthcare services for people with private, employer-sponsored health insurance who were younger than 65 rose 3.3 percent in 2010, a rate more than double that of inflation according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).
An IT-supported pilot program in New York's Hudson Valley that embeds a network of nurse care managers in primary practices to catch patients who fall off physicians' radar, has helped close gaps in care and improved the health status of these patients.
Following the release of a financial report last week by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has said that the state's hospitals will be facing an uncertain financial future.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) announced Friday this year's winners of the MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle. Seventeen organizations received the honor.
Paul Hensler, CEO of Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., talks about the challenges facing public hospitals amidst a contentious health care reform debate and presidential election year.