Hospital News
Furor Erupts As Billions Going To Hospitals Based On Medicare Billings, Not COVID-19
By Jay Hancock and Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas, KHN, Apr 10, 2020. Probably few hospital systems need the emergency federal grants announced this week to handle the coronavirus crisis as badly as Florida’s Jackson… Read More
Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus Cripples Hospitals
By Will Stone, KHN, Apr 07, 2020. The federal government has encouraged health centers to delay nonessential surgeries while weighing the severity of patients’ conditions and the availability of personal protective equipment, beds and staffing… Read More
COVID-19 Reveals Hospitalists Hired to Admit More Patients
The hospital census calm before the COVID-19 storm. By STEVE M. GRANT, MD, MARCH 22, 2020. From Kevinmd.com. Ed. – Adapted for APRA. As COVID-19 hits, we’re rightfully terrified our hospitals will be overrun, as they… Read More
Woman Sued by Alabama Hospital Over $31K Bill: ‘I wish you’d have let me die’
By Ayla Ellison, Beckers Hospital Report, Feb. 25, 2020. An Alabama woman received an emergency appendectomy at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., in May 2016. Three years later, the hospital sued her for nearly $37,000,… Read More
Highest-earning nonprofit hospitals give less charity care than lower-earning ones, study finds
By Alia Paavola, Beckers Hospital Review, Feb. 18, 2020. Nonprofit hospitals that generated the highest net incomes provided less charity care to patients relative to their income than their lower-earning peers, according to a new… Read More
Surgeons Sue SUNY, Allege Retaliation for Reporting Patient Safety Concerns
Emily Rappleye, Beckers Hospital Review, Jan. 23, 2020. Albany-based State University of New York and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City face a lawsuit from two surgeons, who allege the organization retaliated against… Read More
Federal Regulators: Newark Beth Israel Put Patients in “Immediate Jeopardy”
By Caroline Chen, ProPublica, Jan 17, 2020. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s heart and lung transplant program was putting patients in “immediate jeopardy” before the hospital began to implement corrective measures, according to federal regulators…. Read More
Amid serious violations at Washington’s private psychiatric hospitals, a regulator remained on the sidelines
By Daniel Gilbert, The Seattle Times, Dec 30, 2019. The patient had been admitted to Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital on a 90-day involuntary commitment order. But when his health-insurance plan sent a team to check on… Read More
NY’s poor hospital safety ratings deserve deeper look
By Bethany Bump, Times Union, Jan 04, 2020. A new report finds New York hospitals rank among the lowest nationwide for safety and quality of care – even when compared with hospitals in other major… Read More