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March 1, 2019 Hospitals / Medicare

Medicare Trims Payments To 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Eight hundred hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high

February 15, 2019 Hospitals

Single word most associated with negative hospital reviews on Yelp is ‘told’

By Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania When analyzing reviews of hospitals on Yelp, Penn Medicine researchers found

January 29, 2019 Hospitals

Small hospitals linking to big name centers

For prospective patients, it can be hard to assess what these relationships actually mean — and whether they matter.

January 28, 2019 Emergency Medicine / Health Costs / Hospitals

Hospital Charge for Fainting Spell: $4,700

Total Bill: $4,692 for all the hospital care, including a $2,961 ER admission fee, a $400 EKG, $348 for a chest X-ray, and nearly $1,000 for blood tests.

January 28, 2019 Health Costs / Hospitals

Analysis: Pulling Back Curtain On Hospital Prices Adds New Wrinkle In Cost Control

For years, these prices have been a tightly guarded industrial secret. When pressed to release them, hospitals have argued that they are proprietary information.

January 28, 2019 Health Policy / Hospitals

Hospitals Check To See If Patients Are Donor-Worthy — Not Their Organs, But Pockets

Hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings — using software that culls public data such as property records, and contributions charities.

January 24, 2019 Health Costs / Health Insurance / Hospitals

Prices vary wildly from hospital to hospital

The price of a liter of basic saline solution ranged from $56 to $383, nearly seven times as much. A brain MRI with contrast ranged from $3,200 to $8,800.

January 23, 2019 Doctors / Healthcare Providers / Hospitals

Depression in First-Year Doctors Depends on Where They Train

Rates were highest in programs whose trainees reported the longest hours, the least helpful faculty feedback, and the least valuable inpatient training programs.

January 22, 2019 Hospitals / Medicaid

Rural Hospitals in Greater Jeopardy in Non-Medicaid Expansion States

Nearly a hundred rural hospitals in the United States have closed since 2010. Another 600-plus rural hospitals are at risk of closing,

January 4, 2019 Health Costs / Hospitals

How much will that operation cost?

Hospitals now must to post their prices online. But what is popping up on hospital websites is a dog’s breakfast of codes, abbreviations and dollar signs.

January 2, 2019 Doctors / Healthcare Providers / Hospitals

World-famous cancer center’s season of turmoil

Cancer centers grapple with conflict of interests among their leadership, researchers and physicians.

December 19, 2018 Health Costs / Health Insurance / Hospitals

Taking Surprise Medical Bills To Court

Joaquin Lopez had emergency gallbladder surgery after rushing to an ER last year. He has been haggling with the hospital over what he owes ever since.

December 11, 2018 Health Costs / Health Insurance / Hospitals / Surgery

One Breast Implant, Two Prices. It Depends on Who’s Paying.

Breast implants pricing gives a glimpse into how hospitals mark up prices of medical devices to boost their bottom lines.

October 25, 2018 Health Policy / Hospitals

Why is so hard to get your medical records?

Medical records can be hard for patients to get, even in this digital information age. But they shouldn’t be.

August 31, 2018 Health Costs / Health Insurance / Hospitals

The $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Down To $332. What About Other Surprise Bills?

Hospital that charged a teacher $108,951 for heart attack care slashed the bill to $332.29 — after news stories appeared about its surprise ‘balance’ billing.