By: Kelsey Brimmer, Associate Editor HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS Rural hospital executives discuss past, present and future struggles and opportunities. Over the past few years and as we move into the future, many rural and critical access hospitals throughout the country have continued to struggle when it comes to rising costs of care and decreased reimbursements, […]
By Jordan Rau KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the fall, the federal government will begin penalizing more than 2,000 hospitals, including dozens in the Philadelphia area, because too many of their patients are being readmitted within a month of being discharged. Together, these hospitals will forfeit about $280 million in Medicare funds over the next year […]
By Randy Dotinga A new study finds that so-called “safety-net” hospitals that serve the poor do a worse job overall than other hospitals, a potentially big problem as health care reform boosts the number of people who have insurance and more choice about where they can go for care. Medicare used to give these hospitals […]