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Unpaid hospital bills stacked up in 2008
By Emily Paulsen and Dan Bowman Uncompensated care totaled $36.4 billion on 2008, an increase of 7.1 percent from 2007, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association. However, the... Read more...
AHA: Hospitals still face financial challenges
Hospitals took a hit in 2008 and are still struggling now, a new report from the American Hospital Association concludes. Hospitals have also struggled to maintain adequate margins during the past 18... Read more...
Antitrust laws could limit efforts to control prices
A couple of weeks ago, President Obama and several major interest groups announced that they'd be able to cut $2 trillion off of the growth in healthcare spending over the next decade. That sounds... Read more...
Hospitals deserve a break, too
Honestly, the American Hospital Association has come across as a bit shrill of late, what with its shooting down just about every reform proposal coming from the Hill. Come on, guys, the time for... Read more...
AHA wants hospital bonds included in municipal securities legislation
As FierceHealthFinance readers know, when the market tanked, hospitals went through horrific struggles to manage their increasingly costly bond obligations. With the crisis still at hand, the... Read more...
AHA: Elective care, admits down, and budgets stressed
Here's a new batch of financial stats from the American Hospital Association on its members and, of course, they're filled with blood and gore. (Maybe hospital execs should hire the witches from... Read more...
Struggling financially, physicians asks hospitals for help
An AHA study has found that physicians are turning to hospitals for help as they struggle with financial burdens and lowered incomes. The study, which surveyed 736 hospital chief executives, found... Read more...
AHA survey: Negative profit margins for hospitals
With all the news we've been giving you of hospitals around the country struggling, it should be no surprise that the AHA's new survey results on hospital finances are not good. A quick-response... Read more...
