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Weather extremes can increase hospital bad debt

July 22, 2008 — 10:02pm ET | By Anne Zieger
When it gets blazing hot outside in the summertime, or freezing cold during the winter, most people don't think about these events as potential sources of bad debt. But that's a concern hospital... Read more...

Trend: ED 'super users' generating big expenses

July 16, 2008 — 1:18am ET | By Anne Zieger
Everyone in the hospital business knows about the emergency department's "frequent fliers"--folks who show up countless times, either because they're uninsured, fearful or maybe just lonely. While ED... Read more...

Hospitals working to avoid non-emergency ED care

June 11, 2008 — 6:59am ET
As we've noted previously, hospitals are under more intense pressure than ever to avoid bad debt. One strategy, of course, is to collect vigorously after the bill has been incurred. Another,... Read more...

St. Louis hospitals dispute coalition's capacity numbers

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The way the St. Louis Business Health Coalition tells it, the region's prosperous hospitals have been engaging in billion-dollar building projects--such as cancer centers, heart hospitals and patient... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Discharging inpatients pre-noon can improve ED flow

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Hospitals across the U.S. are struggling to figure out how to get patients through the emergency department quickly, safely and efficiently. Now, a new study suggests that one way to do that is to... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Caritas Carney cutting jobs; Doylestown refinances bonds; and much more...

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> Boston-area teaching hospital Caritas Carney has cut 55 jobs as it prepares for other changes designed to improve its financial position. Read more...

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