Atrium Health, the largest hospital system in North Carolina, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for, by far the largest “community benefit” it provided that year.
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Hospitals Said They Lost Money On Medicare Patients: Some Made Millions
Posted on 26 October 2022.
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What Medicare Part A’s Belly-Up Date Means For You
Posted on 15 August 2022.
At its current pace, Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund will run out of money in 2028, according to the June 2022 Medicare trustees report.
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There’s A Simple Way To Stop Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia From Killing People
Posted on 13 July 2022.
Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals.
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Medicare Patients Win Right To Appeal Gap In Nursing Home Coverage
Posted on 29 January 2022.
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial.
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Is Your Living Room The Future Of Hospital Care?
Posted on 27 May 2021.
Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks a lot like the inside of patients’ homes.
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Medicare Fines Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many Patients
Posted on 03 November 2020.
Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of their history of readmitting patients, federal records show.
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