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R Haugh

Publications and source records attributed to R Haugh.

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The ratings slide. Are we headed for a capital crisis?

On hospital credit ratings, the news is tough and tougher--what many industry watchers call a capital crisis in the making. Rating agencies contend the situation has been building for years, even while hospital margins reached historic highs as recently as 1997. "Then everything fell apart at the seams," says one bond rating pro.

Capital Financing↗

The new consumer.

Health care is undergoing a revolution, according to experts, as Americans wrest more control from providers and payers. The groundswell of consumerism is fueled by the Internet, regulatory changes, the rising popularity of nontraditional care, and frustration over how patients and their families feel they have been mistreated by the system.

Complementary Therapies↗

Practice [made profitable].

Buy a medical practice, lose money: There's a cycle worth breaking. In fact, you don't have to accept red ink as the price of ownership. You do have to manage your practices differently. Here's how.

Accounts Payable and Receivable↗

Who's afraid of capitation now?

Only a few years ago, analysts warned hospitals to get ready for managed care plans bearing capitated contracts--or face financial doom. But today it's hospitals, not health plans, that are chasing capitation. The reason boils down to a simple denominator: money.

Capitation Fee↗