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business of health care
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Medicare competitive bidding ramps up
The California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting and the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun teamed up for a package…
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A new wave of hospital consolidation looms
Nationally, the hospital consolidation craze has leveled off since its 2006 peak, but Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby,…
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Mass. reform, cost-cutting crush safety net hospital
Boston Medical Center has been pushed to the financial brink by a mix of politics, economics and expanded health coverage.…
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GAO examines competition in hospital purchasing
Group purchasing organizations are intermediaries which theoretically group hospitals together to give them more leverage in purchasing negotiations. In 2009,…
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Higher health care costs, lack of safety innovations traced to group purchasing organizations
The Washington Monthly‘s Mariah Blake writes about the ins and outs of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and their effect on…
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Lundberg’s list of why health care costs are rising
While people on the streets, experts and legislators debate the causes of rising health care costs, George Lundberg, M.D., editor-at-large…
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Health care reporting among SABEW winners
Health care reporting fared well in this year’s Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Writing competition…
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Credit crisis, IRS changes affect hospital finances (#ahcj09)
If ever there was a time to dig into your local hospital’s finances, this is it, Karl Stark told journalists…