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Thanks, but no thanks: Hospitals ignore recommendation to close

May 22, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Executives at a handful of struggling Brooklyn, N.Y., hospitals have dismissed last year's Brooklyn Work Group recommendations, which called for mergers and closings at seven of the borough's poorest hospitals.

Hospitals nervous as Mass. cost-control bills move forward

May 21, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Prominent health systems are lobbying Massachusetts lawmakers to avoid "overreaching" on new legislation intended to control state health care costs.

Competing plans: Mass. Senate proposes less-aggressive payment reforms

May 10, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Massachusetts Senate leaders on Wednesday unveiled legislation to control health care costs, outlining a plan that grants hospitals and physicians more leeway on cost-cutting efforts than the plan outlined in a House bill released last week.

Congress to former CMS chiefs: How would you fix Medicare?

May 14, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Four former CMS administrators have one month to develop a plan to overhaul the widely panned Medicare physician payment system.

House votes to override planned cuts, shift them to entitlement programs

May 11, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


The House on Thursday voted to override automatic cuts triggered by last year's failure to reach a debt deal and instead cut funding for entitlement programs.

Report: Small businesses do not take advantage of reform's tax credits

May 11, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


The federal health reform law offers tax credits to help provide workers' health coverage—but 57% of small businesses say they are unaware of the provision.

Retiring couples now need $240K to cover health costs

May 11, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


Couples retiring this year can expect to pay 4% more in future health care costs than those who retired last year, according to the latest annual projections from Fidelity Investments.

Reducing Dollars per Patient Day

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From Holding the Line on Labor Costs.

Rightsizing Administrative Ranks

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From Holding the Line on Labor Costs.

What AHA wants hospitals to tell Congress

May 09, 2012  |  Daily Briefing


The American Hospital Association's legislative agenda emphasizes the importance of drug shortage legislation and the extension of certain Medicare provisions.
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