Here is a list of the top 12 states with the highest percent of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) from 2006-2007:
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The Massachusetts Medical Society reports that the state is facing a severe physician shortage in the next decade as one third of its doctors approach retirement age, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
The National Quality Forum, the group that sets medical guidelines used by CMS to evaluate and reimburse medical facilities for services, has rejected a rule that would require a CT scan within 45 minutes of a stroke patient's arrival at…
Stryker announced a first-quarter income drop of 3.2 percent amid a slow economy and decreased growth in the orthopedic device market, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Lawrence Saks, MD, of Torrance, Calif., who has been indicted insurance fraud and is being investigated for other crimes, according to the Daily Breeze.
Here are some statistics on the financial health of hospitals and health systems in the United States, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Healthcare Financial Pulse: The Financial Health of U.S. Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, which surveyed 309 hospital…
Scott Becker, JD, CPA: Traditionally, well-managed and reasonable volume single-specialty centers have had better average profits as a percentage of collections than similarly situated multi-specialty centers.
Here are some interesting statistics on hospital finances in the economic downturn, according to the March survey report titled Healthcare Financial Pulse: How Hospitals are Combating the Financial Downturn by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, which was based on responses…
Norman Ornstein, who will deliver a keynote address at the 16th Annual Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs conference to held in Chicago from Oct. 8-10, is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public…
Bill Lane, who will deliver a keynote address at the 16th Annual Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs conference to held in Chicago from Oct. 8-10, is the author of Jacked Up and served as a speechwriter,…