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Hospitals Face Financial Pressures as Costs of Caring Continue to …

(Just Now) WebHospitals’ labor costs, which on average account for 60% of a hospital’s budget, increased by more than $42.5 billion between 2021 and 2023. Economy-wide …

https://www.aha.org/news/perspective/2024-05-10-hospitals-face-financial-pressures-costs-caring-continue-surge

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How hospitals profit even when many patients are in medical debt

(4 days ago) WebOverall, about a third of the 100 million adults in the U.S. with health care debt owe money for a hospitalization, according to a poll conducted by KFF for this …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/09/28/1125176699/some-hospitals-rake-in-high-profits-while-their-patients-are-loaded-with-medical

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Massive Growth in Expenses & Rising Inflation Fuel Financial - AHA

(4 days ago) WebWhen focusing on hospital departments most directly involved in care for COVID-19 patients − ICUs and respiratory care departments − medical supply expenses …

https://www.aha.org/guidesreports/2022-04-22-massive-growth-expenses-and-rising-inflation-fuel-continued-financial

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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WebThey include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt …

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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Profits and Health Care: An Introduction to the Issues

(5 days ago) WebFew changes in the organization of health care in the United States have stimulated more interest and alarm than the rise of a new form of entrepreneurism—investor-owned, for-profit organizations that provide …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217897/

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New AHA Report Finds Financial Challenges Mount for Hospitals …

(3 days ago) WebWASHINGTON (April 20, 2023) — The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report that details the extraordinary financial pressures continuing to …

https://www.aha.org/press-releases/2023-04-20-new-aha-report-finds-financial-challenges-mount-hospitals-health-systems-putting-access-care-risk

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A dozen facts about the economics of the US health …

(9 days ago) WebFact 1: U.S. per capita health-care spending nearly quadrupled from 1980 to 2018. Spending on U.S. health care has grown steadily, rising from $2,900 per person in 1980 to $11,200 per person in

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-dozen-facts-about-the-economics-of-the-u-s-health-care-system/

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Some workers at U.S. hospital giant HCA say it puts …

(2 days ago) WebHCA is a health care juggernaut, employing 284,000 people in 182 hospitals and 125 surgery centers across the country and in the U.K. Operating in 20 U.S. states, HCA generated almost $7 billion

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/workers-us-hospital-giant-hca-say-puts-profits-patient-care-rcna64122

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What has the pandemic revealed about the US health …

(6 days ago) WebGermany, which has all along had a robust public health care system, was accepting sick patients from Italy, Spain, and France. Meanwhile, U.S. hospitals were in financial shock and fee-for-service …

https://news.mit.edu/2021/what-has-pandemic-revealed-about-us-health-care-what-needs-change-0405

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Covid-19 — Implications for the Health Care System NEJM

(1 days ago) WebA Crisis in Public Health. The United States has 4% of the world’s population but, as of July 16, approximately 26% of its Covid-19 cases and 24% of its Covid-19 …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2021088

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Private equity, health care, and profits: It’s time to protect - STAT

(6 days ago) WebBetween 2010 and 2019, such equity deals in health care nearly tripled in value, from $42 billion to $120 billion, totaling $750 billion over the last decade. That …

https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/24/private-equity-health-care-profits-time-to-protect-patients/

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8 healthcare trends for 2024: A guide for health system leaders …

(8 days ago) WebThe year 2023 saw many technology-focused mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of health systems, for-profit organizations and provider groups, as well as many …

https://www.hfma.org/finance-and-business-strategy/healthcare-business-trends/8-healthcare-trends-for-2024-a-guide-for-health-system-leaders-and-their-boards/

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Who profits most from America’s baffling health-care system?

(4 days ago) WebFour private health insurers account for 50% of all enrolments. The biggest, UnitedHealth Group, made $324bn in revenues last year, behind only Walmart, Amazon, …

https://www.economist.com/business/2023/10/08/who-profits-most-from-americas-baffling-health-care-system

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Health Costs And Financing: Challenges And Strategies For A New

(Just Now) WebAccording to the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, the share of health care payments administered via alternative payment models increased …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01560

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There Is Nothing Wrong With Healthcare Profits - Forbes

(7 days ago) WebElizabeth Warren says she’s “never met anyone who likes their health insurance company ” and excoriates insurance companies for maximizing “their profits …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2021/11/22/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-healthcare-profits/

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1 Profits and Health Care: An Introduction to the Issues For-Profit

(2 days ago) Web1 Profit and Realm Care: 1 An In~uc:tion to He Issues Few changes in the organization of health care in the United States have stimulated more interest and alarm than the rise of …

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/653/chapter/3

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Health Care Economics Harvard Online Healthcare Course

(6 days ago) WebMichael Chernew, PhD, is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Chernew’s research examines several areas related to …

https://www.harvardonline.harvard.edu/course/health-care-economics

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Why does health care cost so much? A reading guide - STAT

(8 days ago) WebWhether it’s childbirth, caring for a family member, or dealing with one’s own injury or illness, a bill inevitably comes in the mail leaving most people asking, “Why does …

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/13/health-care-costs-reading-guide/

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Reagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health …

(7 days ago) WebManaged care — in the form of health maintenance organizations — was the free-market replacement to government regulations. Investor-owned, shareholder …

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/upshot/reagan-deregulation-and-americas-exceptional-rise-in-health-care-costs.html

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Ethical Issues in For-Profit Health Care

(5 days ago) WebDan W. Brock and Allen Buchanan . The American health care system is undergoing a rapid socioeconomic revolution. Within a general environment of heightening competition, the number of investor-owned for-profit …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217902/

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QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality and

(5 days ago) WebThe foundation of quality healthcare is doing the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right person and having the best results possible. Quality healthcare often means …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578527/

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New Report Highlights Financial Challenges Facing Hospitals That …

(1 days ago) WebA new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released today by the AHA shows that hospitals and health systems continue to face intense …

https://www.aha.org/special-bulletin/2022-09-15-new-report-highlights-financial-challenges-facing-hospitals-are

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Health Care for Profit or People? - Santa Clara University

(9 days ago) WebFirst, for-profit health care will lower the costs of care. The amount we spend on health care every year has grown from $75 billion in 1980 to nearly $500 billion today. If this …

https://www.scu.edu/mcae/publications/iie/v1n4/healthy.html

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Employers facing rising health care costs get tough on providers

(3 days ago) WebEmployers trying to rein in rising health costs are also taking the fight directly to health care providers.. Why it matters: New transparency around the price of health …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/13/health-costs-employers-hospitals-doctors

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Steward Health Care seeks bankruptcy protections WBUR News

(5 days ago) WebSteward Health Care seeks bankruptcy protections. After months of uncertainty about its future, the nation’s largest private, for-profit hospital chain has filed …

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/06/steward-bankruptcy-massachusetts-for-profit-hospitals-debt

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WebCNN —. A cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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Steward Health Files Chapter 11 After Medical Properties Deal

(2 days ago) WebIn January, Medical Properties provided Steward Health with a $60 million bridge loan and deferred some of its rent arrears. Medical Properties fell as much as …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/steward-health-files-chapter-11-after-medical-properties-deal

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Find Accredited Organizations The Joint Commission

(Just Now) WebThe Joint Commission is proud to accredit nearly 15,000 healthcare organizations and certify and verify over 4,600 programs across the continuum of care in the United States. …

https://www.jointcommission.org/who-we-are/who-we-work-with/find-accredited-organizations/

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Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profits and Maternal and Early …

(7 days ago) WebLike most states, Nebraska contracts with managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver covered services to people enrolled in Medicaid.Unlike most states, …

https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/05/09/medicaid-managed-care-excess-profits-and-maternal-and-early-childhood-health-in-nebraska/

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An Introduction to the New Health Care for Profit

(5 days ago) WebThe Changing Health Care Environment. The recent surge in for-profit activity in health care has occurred during a period of rapid growth in national expenditures for health …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216767/

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Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert - CNN

(9 days ago) WebCNN —. A major US health care system said Thursday that it is diverting ambulances from “several” of its hospitals following a cyberattack this week. The …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/tech/cyberattack-ascension-ambulances-hospitals/index.html

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Fetterman, Smith want a Senate mental health commission

(4 days ago) WebA closer look: The Health Care Monopolies and Collusion task force will concentrate on identifying and addressing antitrust concerns in the industry, including …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/fetterman-smith-want-senate-mental-health-commission/

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U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services and Justice Issue …

(5 days ago) WebAn investigation by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the United States Attorney’s Office for …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/13/us-departments-health-human-services-justice-issue-letter-findings-state-rhode-island-improper-over-hospitalizations-children-disabilities.html

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