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D Burda

Publications and source records attributed to D Burda.

At least 775 records · Page 43Linked to original sources
PubMed1991

Medicaid penalties: crackdown or shakedown?

Hospitals that file inaccurate Medicaid claims may be the dupes in a new federal initiative to finance expansion of the government's civil enforcement efforts, a Modern Healthcare reveals. A look at eight settlements by hospitals in Pennsylvania over false claims shows growing collaboration between the state, HHS' office of the inspector general and the U.S. Justice Dept. Modern Healthcare found that the amount of the Pennsylvania settlements, some $500,000, was identical to the amount given back to the Justice Dept. to further boost their policing efforts. Attorneys believe such collaborative efforts are likely to spread nationwide.

Financial Management, Hospital↗
PubMed1991

Study rates U.S. hospitals vs. other nations, industries.

American hospitals generally are further along with their total quality management programs than their Canadian counterparts but lag behind companies in other U.S. industries, according to a comprehensive international study that examined four industries--healthcare, automotive, banking and computer--in four countries--the United States, Canada, Germany and Japan.

Canada↗
PubMed1991

Effect of parental leave laws debatable.

A federal parental leave law will cause few problems for hospitals because many offer similar benefits voluntarily. But supporters of a federal parental leave law, including the American Nurses' Assn., have used "horror stories" involving female hospital employees to show lawmakers why parental leave should be mandated.

Nursing Staff, Hospital↗
PubMed1991

HealthTrust enters Utah tax fray.

Over the course of the Utah property-tax dispute, not-for-profit hospitals have battled a typically unseen enemy--for-profit hospitals. While not-for-profits long have suspected the state's for-profit facilities of feeding unflattering information about them to tax assessors, the media and the public, recent property-tax hearings have unmasked at least one nemesis of Utah's not-for-profits: HealthTrust--The Hospital Co.

Hospitals, Proprietary↗