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How will health care reform affect your hospital? Here are just a few examples
Summer 2010
Newsletter: Healthcare Management Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 296
Abstract: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will create reforms that indirectly influence every provider and payor entity in the health care system. This short article looks at three of the many ways that hospitals will be affected.
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New standards make qualifying for tax-exempt status harder
Summer 2010
Newsletter: Healthcare Management Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 728
Abstract: True or not, over the last several years, a perception has developed that not-for-profit hospitals and health systems provide no more charity care than their for-profit counterparts. Such thinking has led to increased scrutiny of tax-exempt health care entities and whether they deserve that status. And the recently enacted health care reform along with an Illinois Supreme Court decision in March may make it harder to qualify for tax-exempt status.
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The board’s role in ensuring quality of care
Summer 2010
Newsletter: Healthcare Management Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 943
Abstract: Many factors have converged recently that place quality of care and patient safety at the top of the agenda for hospital governing boards. For example, the health care industry is dealing with the patient safety movement, pay-for-performance plans and stricter government regulations. But what should a board’s role be? The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has created more detailed recommendations for the minimum quality-related activities of governing boards of health care organizations. A sidebar to this article discusses fiduciary duty and quality of care.
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It’s a new day – A look at hospital-physician alignment strategies
Summer 2010
Newsletter: Healthcare Management Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 1030
Abstract: The forces pushing hospitals and physicians to work together more closely are almost overwhelming. Decreasing reimbursements, increasing costs and growing administrative headaches are leading more physicians to actively seek affiliation with hospitals — from casual physician concerns with hospital strategy and operations to full commingling of interests and activities. There are a number of prominent strategies available, including three joint venture models. These offer tremendous benefits, but many business and legal questions need first be considered.