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Sep 05, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Medicare spends more on post-hospital care for seniors than private insurance -- needlessly

Changes to Medicare's post-hospital payment structure, to bring it closer to that used by…

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Sep 04, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Smaller, nonprofit hospitals led a turnaround in margins, says Fitch

Following two years of falling margins, the trend has reversed course, with median margins improving more than 10% over…

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Sep 03, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Cancer drugs account for 27% of all new drug approvals in the U.S., says Tufts

From 1980 through 2018, the FDA approved a total of 126 cancer drugs to treat solid and hematologic tumors.

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Sep 03, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals see solid July financial performance thanks to increased volumes

These improvements don't necessarily translate to sufficient margins, however, as hospitals in many markets…

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Aug 29, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers to protest on Labor Day in Oakland

The workers are protesting what they see as the healthcare giant's unfair labor practices.

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Aug 29, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Physician pay increased in 2018 while productivity remained stagnant

Physician compensation rebounded from a stagnant 2017, but the increase in productivity was negligible.

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Aug 19, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Drug price forecast projects 4.5 percent increase in hospital drug spending for 2020

Pharmaceutical costs are already a large share of most health organizations' budgets and this…

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Aug 15, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

U.S. spends more on healthcare, but not on social services spending, study finds

Countries that spent more on social services tended to spend more on healthcare, even after adjusting for…

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Aug 12, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Charity care spending among California hospitals is plunging

The state's general acute-care hospitals spent less than half on low-income patients in 2017 than they did in 2013, data…

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Jul 31, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals saw lower profitability, volumes and revenue in June

Many facilities seem unable to adjust expenses to coincide with declining volume, posing a fundamental risk to hospitals and…

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