Rejecting Republicans' call for a fresh start on health reform legislation, President Obama is asking Congress for a final vote within weeks to reconcile separate bills already passed by the House and Senate, according to a report by the New…
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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer's Grove, Ill., can be characterized as an organization that is constantly improving. Each year it works to make its already high patient and physician satisfaction ratings even higher. In the summer of 2004, the…
1. Lumbar fusion surgeries. Medicare will not cover ambulatory spine cases, says David Abraham, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon with Reading (Pa.) Spine and Neck Center. In addition to insurance issues, lumbar fusion cases are sent to the hospital when…
For physicians:1. Increased demand for physicians. With 32 million more Americans expected to enter the health insurance market, demand should rise, especially for primary care physicians, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. This occurred when Massachusetts passed its statewide universal health care…
Many hospitals are looking to buy up ASCs from physician-owners and convert them into hospital outpatient departments that command higher reimbursements than ASCs. Other hospitals are seeking to have HOPDs operate like ASCs. While physicians cannot directly own HOPDs, they…
For physicians:1. Increased demand for physicians. With 32 million more Americans expected to enter the health insurance market, demand should rise, especially for primary care physicians, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. This occurred when Massachusetts passed its statewide universal health care…
For physicians: 1. Increased demand for physicians. With 32 million more Americans expected to enter the health insurance market, demand should rise, especially for primary care physicians, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. This occurred when Massachusetts passed its statewide universal health…
Many hospitals are looking to buy up ASCs from physician-owners and convert them into hospital outpatient departments that command higher reimbursements than ASCs. Other hospitals are seeking to have HOPDs operate like ASCs. While physicians cannot directly own HOPDs, they…
1. More paying patients. Adding 32 million paying patients will save hospitals with high volumes of uninsured, such as Grady Health System in Atlanta. Health reform "should take some of the operational pressure and the near-death experience Grady faced in…
To demonstrate the return on investment on evidence-based design elements, the Center for Health Design in 2004 imagined a hospital that would include key features of recently built or redesigned facilities. Numerous research studies have shown that these design elements…