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InDepth: Questions loom over Sutter Health’s community benefit spending
Our latest InDepth Margin vs. Mission examines Sutter Health’s approach to reporting its community benefit spending, offering an example of how community benefit reporting guidelines can be improved.
InDepth: 1968 Chicago riots left lasting healthcare impact on West Side
Chicago riots after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 left a socio-economic impact on the health of the city’s West Side community that is still evident today. Our InDepth Margin vs. Mission looks at a coalition of health systems, public…
InDepth: A flaw in Form 990 Schedule H can render a key metric useless
As part of our InDepth Margin vs. Mission, Modern Healthcare analyzed IRS Form 990 Schedule H in more than 1,500 Internal Revenue service Form 990s, finding inconsistencies or errors in the section providers use to report the percentage of their…
Bold Moves: Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard Tyson invests in the future
Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson has been at the forefront of addressing some of the industry’s biggest challenges. With the increased push to have providers take care of social ills, Tyson’s latest move might come as a small surprise. But that…
Providers welcome interstate licensing, while unions oppose it
Health systems are pushing for interstate licensing of nurses, physicians and advanced practice providers to streamline care, but unions claim that it opens the floodgates to substandard care.
InDepth: Flaws in hospital community benefit reporting create knowledge vacuum
Our latest InDepth Margin vs. Mission looks at how not-for-profit hospitals lack clear guidelines for interventions and funding for community benefit programs, resulting in varied program impact and spending. Discrepancies leave some questioning…
Week Ahead: Congressional committees to probe antitrust regulators, VA on Mission Act
The congressional session is winding down, but there’s no shortage of hearings. Key committees will look at how the VA is implementing the Mission Act. Also, federal antitrust regulators will detail their approaches to hospital consolidation.
Montefiore Health System reports stable volumes at Bronx hospitals
Montefiore Health System grew its excess of revenue over expenses 66% year over year in the nine months ended Sept. 30 to $119 million.
Poor communities wait longer for ambulances, causing health disparities
Patients in low-income neighborhoods have longer average ambulance wait times when experiencing a heart attack than those in more affluent communities. Researchers suggest that could contribute to their differences in health outcomes.
Hospital volumes rebound in October, but large hospitals feel pressure
U.S. hospitals turned a profit in October as volumes unexpectedly rebounded, marking five out of the past six months where providers recorded positive operating margins, according to a new report.
