While Kaiser Permanente is usually regarded as a group-model HMO, it is also one of the largest hospital operators in California. And, despite the recession, large investment losses, and an estimated increase of 500,000 uninsured people in the Golden State, Kaiser is engaged in a major hospital construction program. Including outpatient facilities, Kaiser is spending more than $20 billion on...
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April 2009
Health care loses customers – Health care is thought to be less subject to economic fluctuations than other industries, because people always get sick. But, since November 2007, 3.7 million American adults–500,000 of them in California—have lost their health insurance, according to a report from UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education. Much of this increase, of course,...
Sixty-two percent of physicians in group practices receive on-call compensation from hospitals, according to a survey by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). That includes 58 percent of providers in non-hospital-owned practices. More hospitals are compensating physicians for coming in on an emergency basis, and they’re paying more for those services, the MGMA says. The...
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