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Hospitals demand upfront payments from ER patients
In an effort to process collections and reduce overcrowding, many hospitals are now requiring upfront payments from patients visiting emergency room visits without serious medical needs, reports
Bill to cap hospital bills for uninsured
Hospitals in Colorado may have to limit how much they charge uninsured patients, reported Colorado Public Radio. State lawmakers today are considering a bill that would ban hospitals from charging
Betting on indigent care at New York hospitals
It would seem extraordinarily difficult to conflate the executives of New York hospitals with the Fedora-sporting ne'r-do-wells of "Guys and Dolls." But to the great detriment of the Empire State's
Hospital uncompensated care remains flat despite economy
Nationwide, hospitals provided $39.3 billion in uncompensated care during 2010, including provisions for bad debt--numbers that have risen grudgingly during tough economic times, reported AHA News
Hospitals use post-discharge clinics to cut readmissions
With the industry focused on reducing readmissions, some hospitals are sending patients to post-discharge clinics to prevent them from returning. Hospitalists, primary care physicians, or
U.S. marks up antivenom drug 5,000 times more
Getting treated for a scorpion sting in Mexico costs as little as $100. Just over the border in the United States, the identical treatment could be $50,000 or more, reports The Arizona Republic. The
University Hospital finances rest on merger rescue
Officials with University Hospital and the University of Louisville say that completing a merger with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare will be crucial to the facility's future financial
Hospitals offer jobs, economic growth during hard times
Hospitals do more than provide medical care in New Jersey; they serve as a reliable source of jobs, income taxes, and spending in the midst of an economic slump. The Garden State had $18.6 billion in
HCA, for-profit hospitals to fall under state Medicaid changes
Some of the nation's most powerful for-profit hospital chains could see some significant hits to their revenue if Texas's plan for revamping its Medicaid program is approved by the federal
Safety-net hospital to make uninsured pay before care
Grady Memorial Hospital to uninsured patients: Pay up before we treat you, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The board of the Atlanta-area safety-net facility approved a policy that would
