Budgeting

In its Spring 2012 Economic Outlook report, Premier healthcare alliance reported that impending reimbursement reductions and uncertainty around the potential impact of health reform will likely lead to more conservative hospital capital budget expenditures for the year.

Hospital audits conducted through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program are usually handled by compliance departments and are generally managed by a single full-time employee (FTE), according to a new survey from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).

Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association, discusses the effects of the economic recession on Maryland hospitals in this brief video posted in the American Hospital Association's YouTube channel.

In this video, posted to YouTube by the AHA, Baptist Health CEO Hugh Greene discusses the impact of the ailing economy on his Jacksonville, Fla.-based facility.