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D Burda

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Total quality management becomes big business.

Total quality management, a method other industries have used to improve quality and reduce costs, has become a lucrative business for consultants, healthcare organizations and even hospitals. However, the commercialization of the strategy actually may be adding substantially to hospitals' operating costs--the precise ailment that total quality management is supposed to cure.

Consultants↗

Concealing compensation from the IRS.

Tougher reporting requirements from the Internal Revenue Service are prompting some not-for-profit hospitals to seek ways to hide compensation arrangements from the public and the media. Critics believe those tactics could get hospitals in hot water with the law, especially now that the IRS has launched a new, aggressive auditing offensive.

Commerce↗