Articles Tagged With: cost
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‘Another Hospital Costs Less,’ or Does It? Educate Price-shopping Patients
Patient access can follow several steps to make it more likely that patients who price shop to get estimates for costs of procedures will choose their hospital.
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Patients Calling for Price Quotes Won’t Wait Long
Recently, every Oregon hospital committed to providing cost estimates for scheduled procedures within three business days. Most patients, however, aren’t willing to wait nearly that long.
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Oregon Hospitals Offer Cost Estimates Within Three Days
The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems in Lake Oswego announced that every Oregon hospital can provide a cost estimate for hospital services for a scheduled procedure within three business days.
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Quality Reporting Costs $15 Billion Annually
U.S. physician practices in four common specialties spend, on average, 785 hours per physician per year and $15.4 billion annually dealing with the reporting of quality measures, according to a new study.
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Two of your pressing issues: Over-regulation and cost of cataract supplies
In USA Today, there was an article on a recent survey of 1,400 CEOs from around the world. They were asked what they perceived as key threats to business.
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Study: Minimally invasive surgery could lower healthcare costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce postoperative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation’s healthcare bill.
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Fiscal Fitness: How States Cope: States' fiscal situations ease: NGA cautions adding to base budget
The June 2007 Fiscal Survey of States issued by the National Governors Association (NGA) and National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) reported stable state financial conditions in FY 2007 and the prospect of a steady FY 2008 for most states ... -
Hormonal contraception and HIV risk: A review
Results from past research studies have investigated a possible relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition, but understanding remained poor due to inconsistent results and shortfalls in study design. -
MRI or CT: Which is Best for Acute Stroke Imaging?
MRI is more sensitive than CT for detecting acute ischemia and can detect acute hemorrhage with equal sensitivity to CT. -
Pharmacology Watch
GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone (Avandia) will receive a black box warning by the FDA because of concerns over heart failure associated with use of the drug.