Tag: healthcare spending
The thrill is gone: Preserving dialysis access
I can feel Brian’s presence hovering over me before he speaks and I know what’s coming. He’s fielded a call from a dialysis patient...
Site neutral payments: Are there winners and losers?
The mantra ‘location, location, location’ in property purchases was supposedly emphasized by Lord Harold Samuel, a British real estate tycoon. Location is also important...
The clash between mission and revenue for not-for-profit, tax-exempt hospitals
Hospitals represent one of the largest industries in the U.S., with revenues greater than $1.4 trillion. The American Hospital Association reports that there are...
Tying healthcare waste and spending to productivity incentives
A 74-year-old woman was recently hospitalized for a pulmonary embolus from acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the mildly edematous left lower leg. She...