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Hospital Branding – Is the Most Expensive Always the Best?

This very extensive article examines various hospitals in Massachusetts and the cost of the same procedures at different hospitals, and then continues further to discuss how this happens; contracts with the insurers and the ability to use “branding” to...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 1:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Physicians, Hospitals, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Transparancy, Debt consolidation, Vendors, Hosptials
Bankruptcy Bug Hits Hospitals – Desperate Hospitals

Modern Healthcare.com has also published an article about the status of affairs of many hospitals. To read further, click here to review the series I began last month called “ Desperate Hospitals” in where there are several updates and additional...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 5:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Charity, Budgets, Insolvency, bankruptcy, Economics, Chapter 11, Desperate Hospitals
Desperate Hospitals - Hawaii- What is happening to our Hospital System?

As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2008 3:12 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Physicians, FDA, Hospitals, Nursing, bankruptcy, Economics, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Transparancy, Layoffs, Debt consolidation, Overseas Investments, Vendors
Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - The balance billing issue is alive and well

In California we are well aware of this with the recent news with Prime Health Care being challenged on this practice as they have no contracts with the insurers and charge their published rates for out of network care, and the patient is stuck in the...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, health insurance, Physicians, Quest Labs, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Health Insurance Coverage, Not for Profit Hospitals, Prime Healthcare
Concerns Over Large Not-for-Profit Hospital System

When you look around, it appears the large Not for Profit folks seems to being doing all the facility expansions, as well as hiring new clinicians, but now some of the practices are being looked at with a bit of scrutiny as the Wall Street Journal discusses...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 12:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospitals, Community Hospitals, bankruptcy, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Not for Profit Hospitals
Just one more "Economic Decision"?

So much for feeling good about decisions...but is this where we seem to be headed at times with everything being focused on the dollar and not the quality of healthcare? Hospitals are struggling to come out of bankruptcy and some are starting the...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 1:59 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, bankruptcy, Hospital Bills, Hosital
Primary Cause of Personal Bankruptcy in America - Healthcare

Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 12:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Marketing, Blue Cross, bankruptcy
New New Jersey law to pinpoint financially troubled hospitals - "Desperate Hospitals"

How important is the solvency of hospitals in the US? Just last week I commented on a recent situation here in southern California, a sting operation whereby hospitals were caught breaking the law in the search for additional funds from Medicare...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 12:55 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, bankruptcy, New Jersey, Health Treatments, State Budgets, Medical Services

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Hospital Branding – Is the Most Expensive Always the Best?

Bankruptcy Bug Hits Hospitals – Desperate Hospitals

Desperate Hospitals - Hawaii- What is happening to our Hospital System?

Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - The balance billing issue is alive and well

Concerns Over Large Not-for-Profit Hospital System

Just one more "Economic Decision"?

Primary Cause of Personal Bankruptcy in America - Healthcare

New New Jersey law to pinpoint financially troubled hospitals - "Desperate Hospitals"