Nonprofit hospitals use proceeds to boost cash reserves rather than provide more charity care, new report shows
A recent survey found that 41% of adults in the U.S. have debt caused by medical or dental bills.
Jun 6, 2023
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A recent survey found that 41% of adults in the U.S. have debt caused by medical or dental bills.
Jun 6, 2023
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The quality of care for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is best when they are in the majority, but most facilities also accommodate a heterogeneous population, where specialized staff ...
Jun 6, 2023
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The home care workforce increased from 2008 to 2013, but growth slowed to 2019, while the number of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) participants increased continuously from 2008 to 2020, according to a study ...
Apr 25, 2023
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More than half of U.S. hospitals are classified as "non-profit," gaining federal, state and local tax exemptions in exchange for helping needy patients in their communities. But there's an imbalance in the social contract ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Two new studies led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shed light on current U.S. hospital practices.
Apr 10, 2023
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Across the United States, there are large differences in effective contraceptive use, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University, based on data from more than 8.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries.
Apr 5, 2023
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Medicaid reimbursement for the same mental health treatment varies dramatically among U.S. states, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.
Apr 3, 2023
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Hospital quality has been measured and made publicly available for more than two decades in the U.S. In Germany, similar efforts were launched in 2004, when all acute care hospitals began to be required to report structural, ...
Apr 3, 2023
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For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how much their care would cost. Now that's changing—but there's a vigorous debate over what hospitals are disclosing.
Mar 30, 2023
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As the U.S. takes steps to move past the pandemic, its health care system is in a fragile financial state. At the end of 2022, about half of U.S. hospitals were in the red–making it the worst year for the industry since ...
Mar 24, 2023
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