Making the best of a bad (debt) situation. Healthcare organizations shake up their policies in light of increased scrutiny of charity care.
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Case Management↗
Biomedical subjects
Vince Galloro
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Courtroom deadlock. Prosecutor ponders options after mistrial in Tenet's Alvarado case.
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California↗
Wrapping up. Closing arguments end in Tenet kickback case.
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California↗
Guilt by association. Case may tarnish healthcare industry.
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Accounting↗
The surge to merge. Deal-making rebounds strongly in 2004, but questions remain on sustainability of trend in 2005 and beyond.
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Costs and Cost Analysis↗
One step ahead. States restructure Medicaid to keep costs in check.
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Cost Control↗
Picking up the tab. Healthcare chains put the past behind them, resolving past unpleasantries in order to make a clean start in the new year.
It's something of a holiday tradition: legal settlements at major investor-owned healthcare companies. But will Tenet's and HealthSouth's multimillion-dollar mea culpas over allegations of providing unnecessary care have the same healing effect that HCA's pair of year-end settlements yielded? Tenet's E. Peter Urbanowicz, left, said his company's moves show "the real progress we are making to put our legal challenges ... behind us".
Aged↗
Blizzard deals. In a sure sign of a robust industry, companies recently have gotten in the spirit to merge and acquire.
The holiday season has brought a flurry of healthcare mergers and acquisitions, including Johnson & Johnson's possible deal with Guidant Corp., and DaVita's move for Gambro Healthcare US. Antitrust concerns may force Gambro to divest up to 100 dialysis centers before the deal can close, says Darren Lehrich, left, an analyst with Piper Jaffray & Co.
Drug Industry↗
Head to head in Tennessee. For Jim Moss, CEO of a system with a flagship public hospital, it's all about competing to survive.
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Career Mobility↗
A bigger piece of the pie. For-profit facilities climb to 16% of all community hospitals, as not-for-profits struggle with access to capital, rural challenges.
The percentage of investor-owned hospitals is at an all-time high, helped in part by sales of not-for-profit facilities. Hillcrest HealthCare System's board decided to sell 10 of its hospitals after taking a hard look at its finances. "We weren't concerned about the short term, but the long term," Don Lorack, left, said.
Capital Financing↗
Buying a not-for-profit hospital. Slow and steady wins the race. Complementary missions can lead to matches made in healthcare heaven.
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Decision Making, Organizational↗
Bad-debt woes grow at chains.
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Accounts Payable and Receivable↗
Kickback trial opens for Tenet.
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California↗
Behavioral modification: researchers continue to study the reverberations of a for-profit's entry into a hospital market. The findings are definitively mixed.
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Catchment Area, Health↗
Another deal. LifePoint Hospitals grabs Province for $1.7 billion.
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Health Facility Merger↗