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Case study: ND system must cut $15M in costs
It's a sign of the times. Struggling with the boogeymen faced by most of its peers, including inadequate reimbursement and rising uncompensated care levels, Fargo, N.D.-based MeritCare Health System Read more...
Watch out: Tales of financial woe can backfire
This week, a state report concluded that Pennsylvania's hospitals are doing well financially. Sure, even in a state that enjoys a nice collective margin there must be some hospitals that aren't Read more...
Revenue growth slows at PA hospitals
It was a good news/bad news situation for Pennsylvania hospitals last year. On the one hand, revenues continued to grow and margins climbed--but on the other hand, growth slowed from the previous Read more...
Study: Better records could boost self-pay collections
Struggling to manage your bad debt load? You're not alone--but some of the pain may not be necessary. According to a new study, a good percentage of the self-pay accounts hospitals write off could Read more...
Not-for-profit financial successes raise questions
According to a December 2006 Congressional Budget Office report, U.S. not-for-profit hospitals get $12.6 billion in tax exemptions and $32 billion in federal, state and local subsidies. That's a Read more...
GA charity hospital saved by record $200 million gift
Readers of sister publication FierceHealthcare have doubtless caught occasional bulletins on the health of Read more...
IRS seeking input on instructions for Form 990
As most FierceHealthFinance readers know, the IRS released a redesigned Form 990 last year. The new Form 990, which has sparked much discussion and controversy among not-for-profit healthcare Read more...
Non-profit finances deserve second look
Looked at one way, it's easy to see why an agency like Moody's would be less than enthusiastic about the financial prospects of not-for-profit hospitals. Just consider what's going on in many Read more...
TX public health system faces loss of profitable patients
Sometimes, government agencies have to fight for business, too. This time around, it's the Harris (TX) County Hospital District, which has seen a drop in the number of patients visiting its Read more...
Checking patients' credit scores still controversial
Checking patient credit scores still controversial As some of you may know, a growing number of hospitals have started working with agencies that estimate how likely it is that a patient will pay Read more...
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