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Non-profit hospitals under the gun
Non-profit hospitals have always faced pressure to account for where those tax-exempt dollars are going, but the last few years have been particularly brutal. Of late, many critics have suggested... Read more...
Senators ponder varied tax increases, including non-profit hospital tax
Well, hospital executives, this may be it. After years of harassment by Sen. Chuck Grassley and others over the amount of charity care they provide--but virtually no action--Congress may finally take... Read more...
Battle to define community benefits, minimum charity levels continues
While it hasn't gotten a lot of publicity in recent weeks--overshadowed by the birth of the stimulus package, no doubt--the battle to crack down on community benefit measures and minimum spending... Read more...
Grassley wants charity care standards in stimulus
Working with another member of the Senate Finance Committee, perennial not-for-profit hospital critic Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is offering two amendments to the massive stimulus bill that should... Read more...
Boston mayor goes after money from area non-profit hospitals
While federal legislators like Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have made threatening noises over whether non-profit hospitals had earned their income tax exemption, to date none of them have taken steps... Read more...
Federal bill would link Medicare hospital pay to quality
Now here's a bill that would scare me a bit if I were a hospital administrator--even if it was inevitable (and it is) that such a measure would be written. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Grassley... Read more...
M.D. Anderson forced to defend charitable care record
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's rep as a charitable institution has been under fire since at least April, when a Wall Street Journal article reported on a patient who was required... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Health insurers bearing down on imaging costs
First, the indefatigable Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says he's introducing a bill that... Read more...
Updates on regulatory risks
Because everyone uses healthcare, regulators take a shot at the system from time to time to prove that they're paying attention. Still, things are particularly intense this year, with tax issues and... Read more...
Trend: Hospitals requiring upfront cash payments before treatment
Of late, a growing number of hospitals have been insisting on cash payments before they offer high-ticket services to non-emergency patients if they're not sure they'll get paid. While such... Read more...
