HCA wrote off 3.4 percent of their patient revenue for financial aid towards their patients’ medical bills. In comparison, nonprofit hospitals wrote off in aggregate only 2.3 percent. Because nonprofit hospitals misuse their tax benefits and are not held accountable, they are left to profit much ...
I think most healthcare institutions are interested in using data for profit and for research. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that if you can actually say how you’re returning the benefit back to the core mission of the place. So say I have my health record at a hospit...
OnWall Street, timing really is everything. That's one big reason why investors may hit the "pause" button on health care funds, until the smoke clears from both the election and the 2017 ACA open enrollment season. By Brian O'Connell ...
Reports on the implications of Women's Health Foundation's refusal to join the Women's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. Local opposition to takeovers of not-for-profit hospitals; Tentative partnership agreement inked in September 1995; Opposition to the plans ...
issues. And several high-profile health systems aren’t helping the industry’s case for more Covid-19 relief money, as the Mayo Clinic sent back almost half of its federal grant funds, and the nation’s largest for-profit system, HCA Healthcare, returned $6 billion in loans and grant ...
Dow has also developed a simplified, lightweight design for face shields to help protect healthcare professionals and is sharing the open-source design to encourage additional production. Dow will produce and donate 100,000 face shields to support Michigan hospitals and is looking for fabricators to...
) Whether the candidate has had broad business, governmental, non-profit or professional experience that indicates that the candidate will be able to make a significant and immediate contribution to the board's discussion and decision-making in the array of complex issues facing a financial services...
Known as the Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy was responsible for assaulting and murdering at least 33 boys and young men. The serial killer and sex offender performed regularly as a clown at children’s hospitals and charity events in Cook County, a metropolitan area of Chicago, earning him th...
Examines whether tax-exempt hospital foundations are delivering more charity care. Increase in hospital foundations due to sales of not-for-profit hospitals to investor-owned chains; Dual roles of foundation board members; Pressure from for-profits; Fairness of grants distribution; Columbia/HCA Health...