The American College of Healthcare Executives has released its annual report on the Top Issues Confronting Hospitals. The top five issues based on a survey of 350 organizations within their membership are: Financial Challenges Patient Safety and Quality Governmental Mandates Personnel Shortages Patient Satisfaction Within the financial challenges, the top five areas of concern include:… Read more »
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Higher Deductibles, More Bad Debt
In recent years, the health care marketplace has seen many diverse changes in the nature of payments. One leading change is the increase in patient deductibles, which have grown dramatically during the last decade. With a larger portion of costs now on the insured patients, medical providers and hospitals have needed to adjust to these… Read more »
