In New Term, Supreme Court To Tackle Divisive Issues
The Supreme Court starts its new term Monday. Among the issues slated to be decided are if doctors, hospitals and patients can challenge state-enacted reductions in Medicaid payments.
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The Supreme Court starts its new term Monday. Among the issues slated to be decided are if doctors, hospitals and patients can challenge state-enacted reductions in Medicaid payments.
Cuts in Medicaid lead list of threats to the growth and profitability of children's hospitals.
Critics say generous compensation of CEOs raises questions about the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals.
Details on the financial growth of children's hospitals over the last decade.
2009 pay packages for the CEOs of the top 25 children's hospitals.
Florida Regulators Twice Turned Down Nemours Foundation's Request For New Children's Hospital In Orlando, where there were already two other children's hospitals.
Just a few years ago, Denver had one aging children's hospital, but today there are two new ones
Trying to keep up with the rapidly rising number of children, two hospitals in the Phoenix area have bucked the recession and spent heavily on new facilities.
Children's hospitals are a growing business in Pennsylvania, with two large ones in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and a third costing $207 million under construction near Harrisburg.
Nationally, there is one bed for every 2,500 children, but Ohio has one for every 1,400 kids.
Healthy profits and assets fuel billions in spending by Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth hospitals.
From its modest beginning as an eight-bed cottage hospital founded in 1882, Chicago Memorial has evolved into a huge institution with nearly $2 billion in assets.
Many of the largest children's hospitals have grown into big businesses with substantial assets and millionaire CEOs.
Hospital executives say spending on charity care is only one of many community benefits they provide as nonprofits.
Jackie Judd talks with Gil Gaul about his series, Building Ambitions, which looks at the big money world of children's hospitals in the United States. Gaul discusses his series and says big costs, amassed wealth and children's hospitals' unique place in health care in America make it a growing power player in providing health care in America.
As federal officials draw up their list of requirements for essential health benefits under the overhaul, it's not clear whether they will include treatment mandates passed by many states.
Current "one-size-fits-all" health plans, in which beneficiaries face the same out-of-pocket payment for every doctor visit, test and prescription drug, should be be replaced by plans based on the health benefit gained in the particular clinical circumstance. By using this nuance, health plans can offer more comprehensive and effective coverage while addressing the affordability of health insurance.
Leading hospital systems didn't apply for Medicare reform tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.
Young adults, Hispanics fare better but Asians worse.
With an early expansion of health coverage this summer, former inmates in California will be covered for preventive care, prescription drugs, specialty visits and mental health and substance abuse, including at clinics like Healthy Oakland.
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