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Information technology and business process services firm CGI Group, Inc. announced this week that it will now report a separate health global vertical segment.
Rates to live in long-term care facilities continue to rise, according to a new market survey of nursing homes, assisted living centers and adult day and home care services.
According to Francis Hollweck, a senior manager in the Healthcare Advisory Services group at the public accounting firm Crowe Horwath, if hospitals’ bad debt expenses are not identified or collected in advance of a procedure or at the time of check-in, it becomes much harder for the hospital to recoup the payment.
The increasing number of hospital trauma center closures in the U.S has had a disproportionate negative effect on high-poverty and rural communities, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.
Private Texas hospitals, including at least 21 facilities owned by the publicly traded Hospital Corporation of America, could see a dive in supplemental Medicaid payments if the federal government approves a state proposal to revamp its healthcare program for the poor.
Two mainstays of the Memphis community – the Methodist Le Bonheur hospital system and nearly 400 local churches – have teamed up for a program that helps keep church members healthy while reducing healthcare costs.
Clearly there is mounting pressure on healthcare executives to do more with less: to get the highest value out of every system initiative, program or function — without sacrificing service, quality or safety.
Development professionals naturally speak highly of their respective organizations. We speak with emotion and urgency. We share the desired healthy state of our community, of wellness, caring, research discoveries, innovation, compassion, state of the art facilities and advanced technology. We envision outcomes never before thought possible.
As we race toward the 2012 presidential primary season, there is much talk about the sins of “Obamacare.”
Nearly one-in-three Americans have economized on healthcare consultations and more than one-quarter have found ways to reduce spending on medications due to the ongoing economic doldrums, according to a recent survey by Euro RSCG Worldwide.