Part of the incentive here is that the average cost per day in a hospital in Taiwan is $90, compared to $110 in China, so a bit of room for negotiation and pricing strategies. Also what was extremely different here is the fact that the new hospitals are being created by companies known for their...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-27-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Hospitals, China, Investments, Sony, manufacturing, Taiwan
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 command a higher rate, all the big centers do it...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Physicians, Hospitals, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Transparancy, Debt consolidation, Vendors, Hosptials
GE has been facing tough competition in the US along with declining reimbursements thus the partnership to expand beyond the border. Just like Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic, branding and establishing the same type of facility with the same policies and procedures they have here is how...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Hospitals, GE, Venture Capital, hospital branding, UMPC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
C. Diff has been around for a while, but now according to this article, it is becoming even more prevalent. There is one hard core cure that is working and more can be found under the related reading section here. It is the last ditch effort, but the *** donations and process seem to be working...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Hospitals, MRSA, C Diff, hospital acquired infections, hygeine
The hospital chain has a higher foreclosure rate than average which is part of the reason the outlook is dwindling to a degree. The chain has been actively selling off non profitable hospitals as well. Prime Healthcare has been one company who has purchased several from Tenet here in California...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Tenet, Hospitals, Charity, Prime Healthcare, Desperate Hospitals, Bad debt
This is one update I do not look forward to posting, but the list and updates keep growing and coming in. We have Prime Healthcare here in California buying hospitals that would otherwise be gone, and the solutions offered by Prime are not particularly attractive due to the current balance billing...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-02-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, health insurance, Hospitals, Insolvency, bankruptcy, Prime Healthcare, Desperate Hospitals, Healthcre
According to the article, there’s still time to save the hospitals and no plans on closing at this point, but it’s the same thing faced all over the US, no money, and 50% of the hospitals in the US border on solvency, and sure hate to see that number rise by any means. Growing the business saddled...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-31-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Hospitals, Budgets, Heatlhcare, Insolvency, bankruptcy, Desperate Hospitals, Finances, Heatlh Insurance